News tagged ‘EndOfLife’ clear
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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Dana-Farber researchers find that patients with deeper religious beliefs
often prefer and receive aggressive end-of-life treatment.
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- 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
- "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.
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- 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
- Dana-Farber has been chosen as a "national learning lab" that
other hospitals across the nation can consult with to improve their
palliative (end-of-life) care programs.
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- A study led by Jennifer Mack, MD, MPH, suggests that many terminally ill cancer patients do talk with a doctor about their preferences for end-of-life care, but those conversations often occur late in the course of their illness and tend to be with a hospital-based physician and not their oncologist who has been caring for them.
Tags: EndOfLife, PatientEducation, PatientSupport
- Researchers found that patients whose doctors and nurses support their
spiritual needs have better quality of life near death and receive less
aggressive end-of-life medical care.
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