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The end of the telemedicine era?
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- Sarah F. D’Ambruoso, NP
Publish date: April 3, 2023
Telemedicine revolutionized outpatient palliative care delivery, but the telemedicine era is evolving.
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Oncologists may be too quick to refer patients to palliative care
- Author:
- Sarah F. D’Ambruoso, NP
Publish date: January 18, 2023
Integrating palliative care into routine cancer care need not always require a specialty palliative care nurse.
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Cancer as a full contact sport
- Author:
- Sarah F. D’Ambruoso, NP
Publish date: October 3, 2022
The complexity of cancer care has long necessitated a team approach to planning cancer treatment.
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Patients with blood cancers underutilize palliative care
- Author:
- Sarah F. D’Ambruoso, NP
Publish date: June 23, 2022
Today in “Diminutio,” Sarah D’Ambruoso, NP, highlights this and other key presentations on palliative care from the ASCO annual meeting.
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Filling opioid prescriptions akin to a Sisyphean task
- Author:
- Sarah F. D’Ambruoso, NP
Publish date: March 8, 2022
“Instead of preserving access to desperately needed pain medicine for those suffering with serious illness, states and insurers have aggressively...
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“I didn’t want to meet you.” Dispelling myths about palliative care
- Author:
- Sarah F. D’Ambruoso, NP
Publish date: February 2, 2022
This is the first installment of “Diminutio,” a column by Sarah D’Ambruoso, NP, a palliative care nurse in oncology. Today, she shares stories...