March 2024
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 13, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Tags: PC-FACS Source Type: research

Editorial Board
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Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 12, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Source Type: research

Table of Contents
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Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 12, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Source Type: research

Contributing to Non-concordance between End-of-Life Care and Advance Care Planning
Despite making do-not-resuscitate or comfort care decisions during advance care planning, terminally ill patients sometimes receive life-sustaining treatments as they approach end of life. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 11, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Shih-Chieh Lee, Chih-Yuan Shih, Shan-Ting Chen, Ching-Yi Lee, Shin-Rung Li, Chia-Chun Tang, Jaw-Shiun Tsai, Shao-Yi Cheng, Hsiang-Liang Huang Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

EMPOWER: A Multi-Site Pilot Trial to Reduce Distress in Surrogate Decision-Makers in the ICU
Efforts to reduce the psychological distress of surrogate decision-makers of critically ill patients have had limited success, and some have even exacerbated distress. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 11, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Wendy G. Lichtenthal, Lindsay Lief, Madeline Rogers, David Russell, Martin Viola, Hillary Winoker, Sophia Kakarala, Chani Traube, Taylor Coats, Carol Fadalla, Kailey E. Roberts, Madison Pavao, Francesco Osso, Chris R. Brewin, Cynthia X. Pan, Paul K. Macie Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Interprofessional Post-Graduate Training Model for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Trainees
People living with serious illness and their care partners rely on team-based specialty hospice and palliative care (HPC) in order to achieve high quality end of life outcomes. In HPC, physician and nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice has significant overlap so training together may offer benefits to clinicians and patients. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 11, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Maxwell Vergo, Katie Silvius, Lisa Stephens, Jenna LaVoie, Jonathan Jolin, Heather Wood Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Factors associated with hospital admission in the last month: A retrospective single center analysis
Driven by concerns about care quality, patient experience, and national metrics, health systems are increasingly focusing on identifying risk factors for patients who are hospitalized in the last month of life. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 10, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jessica E. Ma, Maren K. Olsen, Cara L. McDermott, C. Barrett Bowling, S. Nicole Hastings, Tyler White, David Casarett Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

US Medicare Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician Workforce and Service Delivery in 2008-2020
Despite clinical benefits of early palliative care, little is known about Medicare physician workforce specialized in Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) and their service delivery settings. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 8, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Xin Hu, Changchuan Jiang, Qinjin Fan, Kewei Sylvia Shi, Ravi B. Parikh, Arif H. Kamal, Roger T. Anderson, K. Robin Yabroff, Xuesong Han Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research

Radiotherapy at the end of life: from retrospective analysis to strategies to improve outcomes
We found the article “Radiation Therapy in the Last Month of Life: Association With Aggressive Care at the End of Life” by Davis et al.1 particularly interesting. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 8, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Romina Rossi, Paola Cravero, Maria Caterina Pallotti, Vanessa Valenti, Ilaria Massa, Flavia Foca, Oriana Nanni, Martina Pieri, Antonino Romeo, Luca Tontini, Costanza Maria Donati, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti, Marco Maltoni Tags: Letter Source Type: research

Telehealth Preferences among Patients with Advanced Cancer in the Post COVID-19 Vaccine Era
We examined patient preferences for video versus in-person visits and factors contributing to preferences in the post-vaccine era. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 8, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kaoswi K Shih, Adrienne B Arechiga, Xi Chen, Diana L. Urbauer, Aline Rozman De Moraes, Ashley J Rodriguez, Lisa Thomas, Penny A Stanton, Eduardo Bruera, David Hui Source Type: research

Dyadic Yoga for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation and their Family Caregivers
: Concurrent chemoradiation to treat head and neck cancer (HNC) may result in debilitating toxicities. Targeted exercise such as yoga therapy may buffer against treatment-related sequelae; thus, this pilot RCT examined the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a yoga intervention. Because family caregivers report low caregiving efficacy and elevated levels of distress, we included them in this trial as active study participants. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 4, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kathrin Milbury, David I. Rosenthal, Yisheng Li, An Thuy Ngo-Huang, Smitha Mallaiah, Sania Yousuf, Clifton D. Fuller, Carol Lewis, Eduardo Bruera, Lorenzo Cohen Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Different colors for breakthrough ESAS items
ESAS was developed as a clinical tool to document the symptom burden in patients with advanced cancer. The ability of Edmonton Symptom Staging Scale (ESAS) to quantify various symptoms efficiently and systematically revolutionized symptom assessment in both clinical practice and research, resulting in its global adoption. ESAS is currently used for symptom screening and monitoring in all palliative care settings, including inpatients1,2), outpatients3 and home care4, as well as other medical settings5. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 4, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Sebastiano Mercadante, Eduardo Bruera Tags: Letter Source Type: research

Music listening in stem cell transplantation and acute myeloid leukemia: A randomized clinical trial
Music listening (ML) has been shown to have a beneficial effect on patients with cancer. However, novel intervention approaches are needed. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - March 4, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Alberto L ázaro-García, Daniel Láinez-González, Marta González-Rodríguez, Santiago Cano Alsua, Edwin Uriel Suárez M, Laura Solán-Blanco, Javier Cornago-Navascués, José Luis López-Lorenzo, Pilar Llamas-Sillero, Juan Manuel Alonso-Domínguez Source Type: research

Effects of Prognostic Communication Strategies on Prognostic Perceptions, Treatment Decisions and End-Of-Life Anticipation in Advanced Cancer: An Experimental Study among Analogue Patients
Evidence-based guidance for oncologists on how to communicate prognosis is scarce. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 28, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Naomi C.A. van der Velden, Ellen M.A. Smets, Liesbeth M. van Vliet, Linda Brom, Hanneke W.M. van Laarhoven, Inge Henselmans Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

My One Wild and Precious Life —The Purpose of Medical Care
“My One Wild and Precious Life - The Purpose of Medical Care”, contains reflections of a medical student as a naive little boy, inspired by his late grandfather, pinning to becoming a physician, who later struggles to find purpose in the unidealistic world of the current healthcare system. But, through his exposure to “Pallium India”, a non-profit palliative care organization in Kerala, India, healthcare once more gains meaning and signifies the importance of love and care amidst a patient's journey through pain and suffering. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 27, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Abinav K. Jyotis Source Type: research