Journal of palliative medicine
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Our goal was to investigate the association between actual place of death among Japanese home end-of-life care patients with advanced cancer and individual, illness, and environmental factors, including the presence or absence of symptoms. ⋯ To alleviate pain and dyspnea among home end-of-life care patients, development of both a rapid admission system to a hospital/hospice/care facility in the community and specialist-level palliative care at home is needed.
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Retracted Publication
Adherence to Adjuvant Neuropathic Pain Medications in a Palliative Care Clinic.
Currently, few studies exist on patient adherence to adjuvant neuropathic pain (NP) medications in the palliative care setting. ⋯ Results indicated that the MPR might be a more accurate measure of adherence than patient self-report. More research is needed to assess and improve adherence with NP medications in the outpatient palliative care setting.