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Palliative Care

Palliative Care Resources

Consultation Etiquette

Communication Challenges at the Crossroads of Oncology and Palliative Care: Finding a Way Forward When Clinicians Differ on Prognosis, J Palliat Care (2019) Communication Challenges at the Crossroads of Oncology and Palliative Care: Finding a Way Forward When Clinicians Differ on Prognosis, J Palliat Care (2019)
Consultation Etiquette Challenges Palliative Care to be on its Best Behavior, J Palliat Med (2007) Consultation Etiquette Challenges Palliative Care to be on its Best Behavior
Consultation Etiquette in Palliative Care, Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (2015) Consultation Etiquette in Palliative Care, Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin
Ten commandments for effective consultations, Arch Intern Med (1983) Ten commandments for effective consultations

Pain Management

Safe and Appropriate Use of Methadone in Hospice and Palliative Care: Expert Consensus White Paper, J Pain Symptom Manage (2019) Safe and Appropriate Use of Methadone in Hospice and Palliative Care: Expert Consensus White Paper
Treatment of Cancer Pain, Lancet (2011) Treatment of cancer pain
Ketamine, J Pain Symptom Manage (2015) Ketamine, J Pain Symptom Manage (2015)

Non-Pain Symptom Management

The Key Role of Nonpharmacologic Management of Cachexia in Persons With Advanced Illness: A Teachable Moment, JAMA Intern Med (2021) The Key Role of Nonpharmacologic Management of Cachexia in Persons With Advanced Illness: A Teachable Moment
Management of Intractable Nausea and Vomiting in Patients at the End of Life: "I was feeling nauseous all of the time . . . nothing was working" JAMA (2007) Management of intractable nausea and vomiting in patients at the end of life: "I was feeling nauseous all of the time . . . nothing was working"
Reduction of Cancer-Related Fatigue with Dexamethasone: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Patients with Advanced Cancer, J Clin Oncol (2013) Reduction of Cancer-Related Fatigue with Dexamethasone: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Patients with Advanced Cancer

Communication

REMAP: A Framework for Goals of Care Conversations, J Oncol Pract (2017) REMAP: A Framework for Goals of Care Conversations
Communication about Serious Illness Care Goals: A Review and Synthesis of Best Practices, JAMA Intern Med (2014) Communication about serious illness care goals: a review and synthesis of best practices
The Cultivation of Prognostic Awareness Through the Provision of Early Palliative Care in the Ambulatory Setting: A Communication Guide, J Palliat Med (2013) The cultivation of prognostic awareness through the provision of early palliative care in the ambulatory setting: a communication guide
When a Patient Is Reluctant To Talk About It: A Dual Framework To Focus on Living Well and Tolerate the Possibility of Dying, J Palliat Med (2018) When a Patient Is Reluctant To Talk About It: A Dual Framework To Focus on Living Well and Tolerate the Possibility of Dying
Helping Patients with Serious Illness Live Well Through the Promotion of Adaptive Coping: A Report from the Improving Outpatient Palliative Care (IPAL-OP) Initiative, J Palliat Med (2014) Helping patients with serious illness live well through the promotion of adaptive coping: a report from the improving outpatient palliative care (IPAL-OP) initiative
Responding to Patient Requests for Hastened Death: Physician Aid in Dying and the Clinical Oncologist, J Oncol Pract (2017) Responding to Patient Requests for Hastened Death: Physician Aid in Dying and the Clinical Oncologist

Language Access and Culturally Sensitive Communication

What's Lost in Translation: A Dialogue-Based Intervention That Improves Interpreter Confidence in Palliative Care Conversations, J Pain Symptom Manage (2021) What's Lost in Translation: A Dialogue-Based Intervention That Improves Interpreter Confidence in Palliative Care Conversations
It Takes a Region: Rural-Academic Partnerships to Decrease Health Inequity During the Pandemic, J Pain Symptom Manage (2021) It Takes a Region: Rural-Academic Partnerships to Decrease Health Inequity During the Pandemic
Palliative Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Review of the Literature, J Palliat Med (2016) Palliative Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Review of the Literature

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