LibGuides: Palliative Care: Clinical Resources

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NIH/National Cancer Center - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries: Supportive and Palliative Care PDQ Cancer Information Summaries for supportive and palliative care.

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See section "Overview of Managing Common Non-Pain Symptoms in Palliative Care" Also, see sections on pain management.

Guidelines

Antiemetics: ASCO Guideline Update, J Clin Oncol (2020) Antiemetics: ASCO Guideline Update
Care of Dying Adults in the Last Days of Life, NICE Guideline, No. 31 (2015) Care of Dying Adults in the Last Days of Life
ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines: Supportive and Palliative Care (European Society of Medical Oncology) Provide the user with a set of recommendations for the best standards of cancer care, based on the findings of evidence-based medicine.
Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve the Palliative Care of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression at the End of Life: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians, Ann Intern Med (2008) Evidence-based interventions to improve the palliative care of pain, dyspnea, and depression at the end of life: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians
Guidelines for the Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Measures, Intensive Care Med (2016) Guidelines for the withdrawal of life-sustaining measures
Integrated Outpatient Palliative Care in Oncology, Dept. of Veterans Affairs (2017) Integrated Outpatient Palliative Care in Oncology
Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update, J Clin Oncol (2017) ASCO Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (2017)
Management of Cancer Cachexia: ASCO Guideline, J Clin Oncol (2020) Management of Cancer Cachexia: ASCO Guideline
Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline, J Clin Oncol (2018) ASCO Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline
National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition (2018) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition (2018)
A National Framework and Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality, National Quality Forum (2006) A National Framework and Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care Quality
NCCN Guidelines Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2017, J Natl Compr Canc Netw (2017) NCCN Guidelines Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2017
Quality Guidelines, Standards, and Measures Program Standards & Guidelines, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (aahpm) Quality Guidelines, Standards, and Measures Program Standards & Guidelines
Screening, Assessment, and Management of Fatigue in Adult Survivors of Cancer: an American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Adaptation, J Clin Oncol (2014) ASCO Screening, Assessment, and Management of Fatigue in Adult Survivors of Cancer: an American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Adaptation
Supportive Care and Treatment Related Issues (ASCO) Supportive Care and Treatment Related Issues (ASCO)
Supportive Care and Treatment Related Issues: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care, ASCO (2016) Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care (ASCO)

Significant NCCN Guidelines

NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Adult Cancer Pain ) Version 2.2021 June 23, 2021 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Adult Cancer Pain) Version2.2021 June 23, 2021
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Palliative Care) Version 2.2021 February 12, 2021 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Palliative Care) Version 2.2021 February 12, 2021
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Survivorship) Version 1.2021 February 24, 2021 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Survivorship) Version 1.2021 February 24, 2021
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Cancer-Related Fatigue) Version 1.2021 December 1, 2020 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Cancer-Related Fatigue) Version 1.2021 December 1, 2020
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Distress Management) Version 2.2021 January 5, 2021 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (Distress Management) Version 2.2021 January 5, 2021

Additional Resources

Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine) Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine)
Journal of Oncology Practice (Special Issue on Palliative Care, 2017)
Journal of Clinical Oncology (Articles on Pain Management in Cancer Patients, 2014) Journal of Clinical Oncology (Articles on Pain Management in Cancer Patients, 2014)

Psychosocial-Spiritual Resources

Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Resources Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Resources
Religious Groups' Views on End-of-Life Issues Religious Groups' View on End-of-Life Issues
Culturally Diverse Communities and Palliative and End-of-Life Care (American Psychological Association) Culturally Diverse Communities and Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Cross-Cultural Responses to Grief and Mourning (NIH-National Cancer Institute) Cross-Cultural Responses to Grief and Mourning (NIH-National Cancer Institute)
The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine, N Engl J Med (1982) The nature of suffering and the goals of medicine
If God Wanted Me Yesterday, I Wouldn’t Be Here Today’’: Religious and Spiritual Themes in Patients’ Experiences of Advanced Cancer, J Palliat Med (2010) If God Wanted Me Yesterday, I Wouldn’t Be Here Today’’: Religious and Spiritual Themes in Patients’ Experiences of Advanced Cancer
An EAPC White Paper on Multi-Disciplinary Education for Spiritual Care in Palliative Care, BMC Palliat Care (2020) An EAPC white paper on multi-disciplinary education for spiritual care in palliative care
The Relief of Existential Suffering, Arch Intern Med (2012) The relief of existential suffering
A Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model for the Care of Patients at the End of Life, Gerontologist (2002) A biopsychosocial-spiritual model for the care of patients at the end of life

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