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Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.

Hospices struggle to provide bereavement support to children before and after parental death

In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey and Princess Alice Hospice investigated the bereavement support provided to children before and after a parent's death.

9 Mar 2020

Research group establishes the socio-emotional value generated by a hospital

The interest expressed by the general public in social aspects is constantly growing and there are more and more companies and organizations that want to know what social contribution they make.

23 Feb 2020

Study highlights urgent need to address funding and workforce in palliative care

New research at Trinity College Dublin, published today (Thursday, February 6th, 2020), shows that the number of people dying in Ireland with palliative care needs will increase 84% to 2046.

6 Feb 2020

'Watch-and-Wait' strategy may help rectal cancer patients to safely evade surgery

A team of doctors and scientists from the Champalimaud Clinical Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, and the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, has shown that patients with "low" rectal cancer (that is, very close to the anus) who show no sign of their tumors after a course of radio- and chemotherapy can safely choose to postpone invasive and complication-prone surgical procedures.

6 Feb 2020

A collaborative partnership to understand the impact of music therapies on mental health

The Health and Technology District has partnered with Music Heals and SFU on a new research study using advanced neuroscience and functional brain imaging to understand the neuro-physiological impacts of music therapies on improved mental health.

31 Jan 2020

Patients want a ‘good death’ at home, but hospice care can badly strain families

“I’m not anti-hospice at all,” said Joy Johnston, who relocated to New Mexico years ago at age 40 to care for her dying mother.

23 Jan 2020

Medicinal cannabis may not alleviate sleep problems over the long term

Medicinal cannabis might not ease sleep problems in people with chronic pain over the long term, because frequent users might build up tolerance to its sleep-inducing effects, suggests preliminary research published online in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.

20 Jan 2020

Asian parents with terminally ill children may not share psychological pain with their spouses

A study of families in Singapore with terminally ill children found that parents tend to defer discussing their psychological pain with their spouses to protect them from emotional distress.

16 Jan 2020

Study points to unsafe opioid self-management practices among cancer patients

Despite a national opioid crisis, prescribed opioid analgesics remain a viable option for pain management for patients with cancer. In effect, patients with cancer represent one of the few groups excluded from most state legislation and policy initiatives on prescribing opioids as well as from opioid stewardship programs of many health systems.

19 Dec 2019

Universal health coverage a strategic priority

Universal Health Coverage Day is celebrated every year to remind ourselves of the need to ensure that anyone, anywhere can make use of the health services they need at any time required, at an affordable rate. Health coverage includes not only emergency and treatment services but also promotive health, preventive health, rehabilitation and palliative care.

15 Dec 2019

Online decision aid provides more knowledge about the benefits of genomic sequencing

A decision aid developed to support patients undergoing genomic sequencing can reduce the amount of time patients spend speaking with overburdened genetic counselors while helping them were more knowledgeable about the benefits of sequencing, suggests a study from St. Michael's Hospital.

10 Dec 2019

Researchers use machine learning to better understand conversations about death

Some of the most important, and difficult, conversations in healthcare are the ones that happen amid serious and life-threatening illnesses.

9 Dec 2019

New $300,000 grant-funded program to address opioid prescribing for cancer patients

The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a grant from the Coleman Foundation to develop a screening process for prescribing opioids and managing opioid use disorders in cancer patients who receive care at UI Health, UIC's clinical health enterprise.

2 Dec 2019

Study finds increase in pediatric palliative care involvement for children with VADs

At the study hospital, pediatric palliative care (PPC) involvement for children with VADs has sharply increased in recent years, according to the new research by Christopher Knoll, MD, and colleagues of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif.

27 Nov 2019

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Hospices struggle to provide bereavement support to children before and after parental death

Research group establishes the socio-emotional value generated by a hospital

Study highlights urgent need to address funding and workforce in palliative care

'Watch-and-Wait' strategy may help rectal cancer patients to safely evade surgery

A collaborative partnership to understand the impact of music therapies on mental health

Patients want a ‘good death’ at home, but hospice care can badly strain families

Medicinal cannabis may not alleviate sleep problems over the long term

Asian parents with terminally ill children may not share psychological pain with their spouses

Study points to unsafe opioid self-management practices among cancer patients

Universal health coverage a strategic priority

Online decision aid provides more knowledge about the benefits of genomic sequencing

Researchers use machine learning to better understand conversations about death

New $300,000 grant-funded program to address opioid prescribing for cancer patients

Study finds increase in pediatric palliative care involvement for children with VADs

Decision not to offer or perform CPR can be at the discretion of treating physicians

UIC receives $1.8 million CDC grant for new breast cancer survivorship research

Nurse-researcher to help develop culturally appropriate Native American palliative care programs

Program to fulfill dying patients' last wishes can be powerful, affordable in many settings

Ocean Medical Center receives major grant to support children with multiple health issues

Optometrists reduce opioid prescription without increasing pain

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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