American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
SCIE-ISI SCOPUS (1984-2023)
1049-9091
1938-2715
Mỹ
Cơ quản chủ quản: SAGE Publications Inc.
Lĩnh vực:
Medicine (miscellaneous)
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To Die, to Sleep: US Physicians' Religious and Other Objections to Physician-Assisted Suicide, Terminal Sedation, and Withdrawal of Life Support This study analyzes data from a national survey to estimate the proportion of physicians who currently object to physician-assisted suicide (PAS), terminal sedation (TS), and withdrawal of artificial life support (WLS), and to examine associations between such objections and physician ethnicity, religious characteristics, and experience caring for dying patients. Overall, 69% of the US ph... ...
Tập 25 Số 2 - Trang 112-120 - 2008
Reinventing Palliative Care Delivery in the Era of COVID-19: How Telemedicine Can Support End of Life Care Telemedicine technology has become essential to healthcare delivery in the COVID-19 era, but concerns remain regarding whether the intimacy and communication that is central to high-quality palliative care will be compromised by the use of this technology. We employed a business model approach to identify the need for system innovation in palliative care, and a quality improvement approac... ...
Tập 37 Số 11 - Trang 992-997 - 2020
Physician Knowledge, Attitude, and Experience With Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care, and HospicePurpose: To evaluate primary care physicians’ understanding of and experience with advance care planning (ACP), palliative care, and hospice and how this might affect their utilization of these services. Methods: Investigator-generated survey. Results: Older age, more years in practice, and mo...
Tập 30 Số 5 - Trang 419-424 - 2013
Examining the Knowledge, Awareness, and Perceptions of Palliative Care in the General Public Over Time: A Scoping Literature ReviewBackground: The field of palliative care (PC) is growing as the world population ages and burden of chronic diseases increases. Thus, it is important that the general public is knowledgeable about PC and the benefits PC provides. Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the public’s kno...
Tập 37 Số 6 - Trang 481-487 - 2020
Validation of the ICD-9 Diagnostic Code for Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Within the Veterans Health AdministrationBackground: Patients with heart failure (HF) are at increased risk of unmet palliative care needs. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision ( ICD-9) code, V66.7, can identify palliative care services. However, code validity for specialist palliative care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has not been determined. ...
Tập 35 Số 7 - Trang 959-965 - 2018
Knowledge of Palliative Care Among Community-Dwelling AdultsObjective: To identify what laypersons know about palliative care using the Palliative Care Knowledge Scale (PaCKS). A secondary aim was to establish preliminary normative data for the PaCKS. Methods: A sample of 301 adults were recruited via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk database. Participants wer...
Tập 35 Số 4 - Trang 647-651 - 2018
Perspectives of Health-Care Providers Toward Advance Care Planning in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Congestive Heart FailureBackground: Advance care planning (ACP) discussions afford patients and physicians a chance to better understand patients’ values and wishes regarding end-of-life care; however, these conversations typically take place late in the course of a disease. The goal of this study was to clarify attitudes of oncologists, cardiologists, and primary care physician...
Tập 34 Số 5 - Trang 423-429 - 2017
Behavioral Activation and Therapeutic Exposure for Bereavement in Older Adults The development and clinical trial of a 5-session behavioral intervention for complicated bereavement (CB) is presented. We conceptualized CB in terms of Major Depression (MDD) and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and consequently applied treatment components of Behavioral Activation and Therapeutic Exposure (BA-TE). In order to assure standardization of treatment, control costs, and... ...
Tập 29 Số 1 - Trang 13-25 - 2012
A Comprehensive Palliative Care Program at a Tertiary Cancer Center in JordanContext: The palliative care program in King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) is growing rapidly to serve the needs of patients with cancer and their families. Objective: To describe the KHCC palliative care program and its integration into the oncology care. ...
Tập 32 Số 2 - Trang 238-242 - 2015