Hospice & Palliative Medicine
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Palliative Care Specialists Ponder Public Awareness Campaign
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Psychostimulants, Ketamine Improve Depression Quickly in Hospice
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Lung Cancer Trauma Leads to Emotional Growth
Major Finding: More than a third – 37% – of patients with non–small cell lung cancer met the DSM-IV threshold for traumatic stress.Data Source:...
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Experts Weigh In on Decoding Care Transitions
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Ketamine Relieves Pain at End of Life
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Routine Oxygen at End of Life Typically Unhelpful
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Cancer Diagnosis Appears to Raise Suicide, Cardiovascular Risks
Major Finding: The rate of completed suicide was twice as high among adults with newly diagnosed cancer of any kind (0.36 per 1,000 person-years)...
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Benzodiazepines Improve Dyspnea in Palliative Care Patients
Major Finding: At follow-up 24 hours after adjustment of dosages or addition of an opioid or a benzodiazepine, the population with severe dyspnea...