News tagged ‘EndOfLife’ clear
- Researchers say the findings underscore the importance of managing patients' pain, and of communicating with parents about the tools available for easing progressive pain.
Tags: ChildhoodCancer, EndOfLife
- "Is my grief normal?" That is one of the most common questions posed by
people who have lost a loved one. A new study by Dana-Farber researchers
has helped answer that question by affirming the commonly accepted
stages of grief — disbelief, yearning, anger, depression, and acceptance
— and the sequence in which these emotions occur.
Tags: EndOfLife
- Expanded use of palliative care services is associated with
enhanced communications between families and caregivers, improved
symptoms management, and better quality of life for children dying from
cancer, according to study by researchers at Dana-Farber and Children's
Hospital Boston.
Tags: ChildhoodCancer, EndOfLife
- Dana-Farber researchers find that patients with deeper religious beliefs
often prefer and receive aggressive end-of-life treatment.
Tags: EndOfLife
- Patients who reported having end-of-life discussions with
their physicians were more likely to prefer comfort care over
aggressive, life-extending therapies, according to Dana-Farber
researchers.
Tags: EndOfLife
- People with advanced cancer felt they received little or no spiritual
support from religious communities and the medical system, according to a
new survey. However, those who did receive such support reported a
better quality of life.
Tags: EndOfLife
A new study by Dana-Farber researchers shows terminally ill cancer patients who have an early talk with their physician about care at the end-of-life are less likely to receive aggressive therapy – and more likely to enter hospice care – than patients who delay such discussions until the days and weeks before death.
Tags: EndOfLife
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