Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Oct 2017
A novel use of peer coaching to teach primary palliative care skills: Coaching consultation.
We aim to address palliative care workforce shortages by teaching clinicians how to provide primary palliative care through peer coaching. ⋯ Peer coaching can be provided in the inpatient setting to teach primary palliative care and potentially extend the palliative care work force.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Oct 2017
Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes About Physician-Assisted Death: An Analysis of Their Justifications and the Roles of Terminology and Patient Competency.
Health care professionals (HCPs) are crucial to physician-assisted death (PAD) provision. ⋯ HCPs endorsed patient-centered justifications over other reasons, including role-specific duties. Suicide and euthanasia language did not bias HCPs against PAD, challenging claims that such value-laden terms hinder dialogue. More research is required to understand the significance of competency in shaping attitudes toward PAD.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Oct 2017
One size does not fit all: disease profiles of serious illness patients receiving specialty palliative care.
Understanding the symptom profiles of seriously ill patients who receive palliative care, especially noncancer diagnoses where the data are sparse and are critical to better targeting our resources to the needs of patients. ⋯ This study is one of the first to describe symptom burden and functional scores by diagnostic categories and care settings across a community-based interdisciplinary specialty palliative care program. Results demonstrated statistically significant and clinically relevant differences among settings of care, functional status, and symptom profiles between patients with various serious illnesses.