Journal of general internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Health Coaching Has Differential Effects on Veterans with Limited Health Literacy and Numeracy: a Secondary Analysis of ACTIVATE.
Health coaching is an effective behavior change strategy. Understanding if there is a differential impact of health coaching on patients with low health literacy has not been well investigated. ⋯ NCT01828567.
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Case Reports Multicenter Study
Health Care Providers' Experiences with Implementing Medical Aid-in-Dying in Vermont: a Qualitative Study.
The evolving legal landscape for medical aid-in-dying (AID) in the USA raises clinical and public health challenges and concerns regarding how health care providers will accommodate AID while expanding access to high-quality end-of-life care. ⋯ Health care providers' participation in AID involves clinical tasks outside of responding to patients' requests and writing prescriptions. Research to identify best practices should focus on all domains of clinical practice in order to best prepare providers.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Associations Between Polypharmacy, Symptom Burden, and Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced, Life-Limiting Illness.
Polypharmacy may be particularly burdensome near the end of life, as patients "accumulate" medications to treat and prevent multiple diseases. ⋯ ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier for Parent Study - NCT01415934.