Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021
ReviewPalliative care in the Greater China region: a systematic review of needs, models and outcomes.
There is rapidly increasing need for palliative care in Greater China because of rapidly aging populations. ⋯ Palliative care services within Greater China should pay more attention to management of nonmalignant disease and to integration into primary services. Policy support is key to establishing culturally appropriate person-centered services.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021
ReviewPalliative care in the Greater China region: a systematic review of needs, models and outcomes.
There is rapidly increasing need for palliative care in Greater China because of rapidly aging populations. ⋯ Palliative care services within Greater China should pay more attention to management of nonmalignant disease and to integration into primary services. Policy support is key to establishing culturally appropriate person-centered services.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021
Emergency department use by Terminally Ill patients: a systematic review.
Terminally ill patients (TIP) frequently visit the emergency department (ED), but the prevalence of these visits is unclear. ⋯ Patients with terminal cancer frequently use the ED at the end of life, although use varies among patients and few studies have examined low-income countries or patients with nononcologic terminal illness. The global prevalence of TIP in the ED cannot be calculated from limited reports.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021
ReviewUser-centered design of the consideRATE questions, a measure of people's experiences when they are seriously ill.
No brief patient-reported experience measure focuses on the most significant concerns of seriously ill individuals. ⋯ Our brief patient-reported serious illness experience measure is based on what matters most to patients, families, and clinicians. It was acceptable to patients and families in a regional sample. It has promise for use in clinical settings.