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Current
Media Watch is compiled and annotated
by Barry R. Ashpole
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| 2011
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Topic |
| 25
Jul 2011, #211 |
End of life care and health care expenditures: USA and Death
and budgets |
| 18
Jul 2011, #210 |
Partnership in end of life care: Specialist Publications
and Program aims to move palliative care to the ICU |
| 11
Jul 2011, #209 |
The human condition: Specialist publications
and 'Drama and empathy in medical education |
| 04
Jul 2011, #208 |
The most cited and revered article in the medical literature:
Scroll down to Worth Repeating 'The care of the patient' |
| 27
Jun 2011, #207 |
Different perspectives on discussing end of life care: International
and 'Talking it out: Helping our patients live better while
dying. Plus four related journal articles. |
| 20
Jun 2011, #206 |
The physical, psychological and economic stresses of caregiving:
Specialist publications and Interventions for supporting
informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of
a disease |
| 13
Jun 2011, #205 |
Referral to palliative care: Specialist publications; Should
a hip fracture in a frail older person be a trigger for assessment
of palliative care needs? |
| 06
Jun 2011, #204 |
Seven pledges to patients at the end of their lives: International
and GPs and nurses launch charter for end of life care |
| 30
May 2011, #203 |
England's Palliative Care Funding Review: Specialist Publications
and Palliative care review will call for dedicated nurse
for every patient |
| 23
May 2011, #202 |
Efficacy of palliative care interventions: Specialist publications
and 'Does palliative care improve outcomes for patients with
incurable illness? A review of the evidence' |
| 16
May 2011, #201 |
Cancer pain management: International and 'Ukrainian cancer
patients denied pain relief' |
| 09
May 2011 #200 |
Research deficit: Specialist publications and Balancing
benefit and harm in palliative care: The difficult position
of palliative medicine in view of the promises of curative
medicine |
| 02
May 2011, #199 |
Paediatric palliative care: Specialist publications -
A learning and development strategy for children's hospices
across London [England]
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| 25
Apr 2011, #198 |
24/7 palliative care: Specialist publications; What challenges
good palliative care provision out-of-hours? A qualitative
interview study of out-of-hours practitioners |
| 18
Apr 2011, #197 |
Everyday life close to death; Specialist publications -
Being me and being us in a family living close to death at
home |
| 14
April 2011, #196 |
Media Watch online: The weekly report is now posted on the
website for the International Palliative Care Resource Center,
an initiative of The Institute for Palliative Medicine at
San Diego Hospice |
| 04
April 2011, #195 |
Consumer engagement in end-of-life issues; Scroll down to
U.S.A. and 'New report outlines progress made and issues
call to action |
| 28
March 2011, #194 |
Europe-wide poll: Scroll down to International and 'Quality
of life more important than length of time left |
| 21
March 2011, #193 |
Undergraduate medical education: Specialist publications;
Why are newly-qualified doctors unprepared to care for patients
at the end of life? |
| 14
Mar 2011, #192 |
National conversation about end-of-life care: USA and Americans
choose quality over quantity at the end of life, crave deeper
public discussion of care options' (p.2), for the findings
of a country-wide opinion poll |
| 07
Mar 2011, #191 |
Care planning: Specialist publications and the effect on
surrogates of making treatment decisions for others |
| 28
Feb 2011, #190 |
Out of hours palliative care services: Specialist publications "Is
there a need for weekend face-to-face inpatient assessments
by hospital specialist palliative care services? |
| 21
Feb 2011, #189 |
Patient factors in determining the intensity of end-of-life
care: 'What is the "right" intensity of care at
the end of life and how do we get there? |
| 14
Feb 2011, #188 |
Pain and symptom management: Specialist Publications and
'New tool "valid and reliable to assess pain in non-communicative
patients |
| 07
Feb 2011, #187 |
Conflicts of interest: Specialist publications - End-of-life
treatment of potential organ donors: Paradigm shifts in intensive
and emergency care |
| 31
Jan 2011, #186 |
Understanding and completely absorbing the true risks and
benefits of treatment; U.S.A. and 'Too much optimism may
be bad for cancer patients |
| 24
Jan 2011, #185 |
U.S. study among general practitioners: Specialist publications
and Discussing end-of-life issues in the last months of life |
| 17
Jan 2011, #184 |
Distinguishing between preferred place of care and preferred
place; Specialist Publications and 'Achieving the preferred
place of care of hospitalized patients at end of life |
| 10
Jan 2011, #183 |
Barriers to early referrals to palliative care:
Specialist Publications and 'Association between a name change from palliative
to supportive care and the timing of patient referrals at a comprehensive
cancer center |
| 03
Jan 2011, #182 |
U.S. health care reform: Can the Democrats get ahead of
the 'death panel' myth this time around? |
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2010
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Topic
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| 27
Dec 2010, #181 |
Prognosis: Specialist Publications and 'Explaining marginal
benefits to patients, when
"marginal" means additional but not necessarily small |
| 20
Dec 2010, #180 |
Canada: Palliative care system cries out for resources;
Drug shortages hit pharmacies across the country; Seniors
stuck in hospitals face a grim, lonely life; Assisted
(or facilitated) death. See also US and International
articles
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| 29
Nov 2010, #177 |
Ethics survey: Specialist publications; Does aggressive
palliative care endanger physicians? |
| 22
Nov 2010, #176 |
Home deaths; Specialist Publications: Community care networks
could help 200,000 more people die at home instead of hospital |
| 15
Nov 2010, #175 |
The illness experience; Specialist publications: Families'
perceptions of inpatient and home hospice care at end-of-life |
| 08
Nov 2010, #174 |
Improving palliative care in the emergency department; Specialist
publications: hospice care and the emergency department:
rules, regulations, and referrals |
| 01
Nov 2010, #173 |
Doctor vs. patient perception of the illness experience;
Specialist publications: An unfortunate way to die |
| 25
Oct 2010, #172 |
Trends in best practice; Specialist publications: Why healthcare
is going home |
| 18
Oct 2010, #171 |
Physician-patient interaction; Specialist publications:
Do patients want a choice, and does it work? |
| 11
Oct 2010, #170 |
Access to hospice: USA; Record 1.56 million patients receive
hospice care |
| 04
Oct 2010, #169 |
Legislating end of life: International and 'Bridging the
care gap' - a report on the status of Scotland's action plan
Living & Dying Well. |
| 27
Sep 2010, #168 |
Palliative care 24/7: International; End of life care for
Patients |
| 20
Sep 2010, #167 |
Effecting change in Society's outlook towards dying, death
and dealing with mortality; Specialist Publications; We're
all going to die. Deal with it' |
| 13
Sep 2010, #166 |
End of life care public hearings; Canada and 'Parliamentary
Committee on Palliative Compassionate Care (Quebec National
Assembly Select Committee on Dying with Dignity; International;
End of Life Assistance (Scotland) |
| 06
Sep 2010, #165 |
Continuing coverage of Massachusetts General Hospital: USA
and new impetus for palliative care |
| 30
Aug 2010, #164 |
The "nuanced discussion" of end of life care;
International and 'What we missed in the Avastin debate |
| 23
Aug 2010, #163 |
Palliative care and the quality of life; Specialist Publications
and 'Palliative care a shifting paradigm |
| 16
Aug 2010, #162 |
Dying at home: Specialist Publications; Disease lottery
revealed in end of life lottery |
| 09
Aug 2010, #161 |
Physician-patient communication: Specialist Publications;
Families' optimism often at odds with Physicians' prognoses |
| 02
Aug 2010, #160 |
Letting go: USA; What should medicine do when it can't save
your life? |
| 26 Jul 2010,
#159 |
Moral wisdom: Specialist publications; Pitfalls of legal
regulation to improve end-of-life care: The example of artificial
nutrition and hydration |
| 19 Jul 2010,
#158 |
Perspectives on access to –and quality of – end
of life care: International; Huge discrepancies in end of
life care highlighted |
| 12 Jul 2010,
#157 |
Why are so few children living with a terminal illness receiving
the benefits of palliative care; Specialist publications;
Pediatric palliative care: Born of necessity |
| 05 Jul 2010,
#156 |
Learning about dying; Specialist publications; How the mass
media report social statistics: A case study concerning research
on end-of-life decisions |
| 28 Jun 2010,
#155 |
More in their own words: Specialist publications and Experiences
of patients with serious illness at an urban public hospital |
| 21 Jun 2010,
#154 |
In their own words: Specialist Publications; Palliative
care patients: experiences of healthcare treatment, a thematic
analysis |
| 14 Jun 2010,
#153 |
The "process of dying" and quantum mechanics?
Specialist publications; Non-local effects in the process
of dying: Can quantum mechanics help? |
| 07
Jun 2010, #152 |
End-of-life issues: Specialist publications; It is time
for our generation to act courageously |
| 31
May 2010, #151 |
Provision of palliative care outside regular working hours;
Specialist Publications; Oh God, not a palliative: Out-of-hours
general practitioners within the domain of palliative care
(findings from face-to-face interviews) |
| 17
May 2010, #149 |
End of life issues; USA; Lifesaving devices can cause havoc
at life's end. |
| 10
May 2010, #148 |
Meeting same-day requests for palliative care; International;
Researchers evaluate new care programme for Pilgrims Hospices |
| 03
May 2010, #147 |
Obstacles in planning end of life care: Specialist publications;
Readability of state-sponsored advance care directive forms
in the US |
| 26
Apr 2010, #146 |
Learning from the Bad: Specialist Publications & End-of-life
caregiver interactions with health care providers |
| 19
Apr 2010, #145 |
Physician education and training: Specialist Publications & They've
Got to Learn – A qualitative study exploring the views
of patients and staff regarding medical students in a hospice |
| 12
Apr 2010, #144 |
Directing care at the end of life: Ask a different question,
get a different answer: Why living wills are poor guides
to care preferences at the end of life; Specialist Publications |
| 05
Apr 2010, #143 |
Replace the term "Palliative Care"? Specialist
publications; End-of-life Planning in Heart Failure: It should
be the end of the beginning |
| 29
Mar 2010, #142 |
Discussing transitions in care: training providers and patients
to talk about end-of-life care; Specialist publications |
| 22
Mar 2010, #141 |
Advocacy: Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs speaks about
palliative care |
| 15
Mar 2010, #140 |
Setting of standards and the provision of dignity at the
end of life: death is more than just a set of measures; Specialist
Publications |
| 08
Mar 2010, #139 |
Loss and separation: 'Bereavement in very old age: Impact
on health and relationships of the
loss of a spouse, a child, a sibling, or a close friend; Specialist publications
for the findings of a Swiss study published in the Journal of Death and
Dying |
| 01
Mar 2010, #138 |
Aggressive treatment at the end of life; USA; Murky path
in deciding on care at the end |
| 22
Feb 2010, #137 |
Estimating life expectancy; Specialist Publications; Pessimism
is not poison |
| 15
Feb 2010, #136 |
Perceptions; Worth Repeating; Half-full or half-empty: Making
the message of palliative care more palatable |
| 08
Feb 2010, #135 |
Persistent vegetative state - findings of new research |
| 01
Feb 2010, #134 |
Special Report |
| 25
Jan 2010, #133 |
Interprofessional approach to care; Specialist Publications;
Physicians pressed to play nice |
| 18
Jan 2010, #132 |
Physician-patient communication; U.S.A.; Facing end-of-life
talks, doctors choose to wait |
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11 Jan 2010,
#131
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Views from the countryside; Specialist Publications; 'Issues
in rural palliative care
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Assisted (or Facilitated) Death: The Debate in Canada |
| 04 Jan 2010,
#130 |
Barriers to dying at home; Specialist publications; The
impact of poor co-ordination of community service provision
for patients with cancer |
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2009
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Topic
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| 28 Dec 2009,
#129 |
Palliative sedation: USA; Hard choice for a comfortable
death |
| 21 Dec 2009,
#128 |
Principles of prognosticating; Specialist Publications;
Canadian Family Physician; Article - How Long Have I Got? |
| 14 Dec 2009,
#127 |
The voice of firsthand experience; Specialist publications;
Minister calls for patients' views on palliative care.' |
| 07 Dec 2009,
#126 |
Contemporary notions of death; Specialist publications;
Humor and death: A qualitative study of The New Yorker cartoons
(1986–2006) |
| 30 Nov 2009,
#125 |
Death & dying; Specialist publications for selected
articles published in a theme-specific issue of the British
Medical Journal |
| 23 Nov 2009,
#124 |
National survey of GPs; International; Who wants to talk
about it? The future delivery of end-of-life care.' |
| 16 Nov 2009,
#123 |
Deja vu; USA; Current 'death panel uproar
echoes decades-old controversy |
| 09 Nov 2009,
#122 |
Quality of care at the end of life, Specialist publications; |
| 02 Nov 2009,
#121 |
Family dynamics, Specialist publications, Villains and victims:
Normative settings in the home care of the terminally ill |
| 26 Oct 2009,
#120 |
Physician-patient communication; Specialist publications;
The truth is patients often aren't understanding as much
of what we tell them as we'd hope |
| 19 Oct 2009,
#119 |
Effecting change in the illness experience; Specialist publications;
Impact of writing "comfort measures only" orders
in a community teaching hospital |
| 12 Oct 2009,
#118 |
Experiencing life's two most important chapters; Returning
from the total institution to a home environment: A journey
for birthing and dying |
| 05 Oct 2009,
#117 |
Issues in end of life care; Specialist publications; Undertreating
pain violates ethical principles. |
| 28 Sep 2009,
#116 |
Advocacy and practical strategies; Specialist publications;
Advancing palliative care as a human right |
| 21 Sep 2009,
#115 |
Drawing practical lines against encroaching professional
control at the end of life; International; Expert warns change
needed in attitude to end-of-life care |
| 14 Sep 2009,
#114 |
Sense and sensibility...and, public debate about end of
life care; USA; 'The truth about death panels & I was
a teenage death panelist |
| 07 Sep 2009,
#113 |
New thinking, new data and new arguments about issues surrounding
the end of life; Specialist Publications; New perspectives
on the end of life |
| 31 Aug 2009,
#112 |
Building public understanding of hospice and palliative
care; Counseling that helps the dying live; End-of-life care
offers choices |
| 24 Aug 2009,
#111 |
Quality of health care; Specialist publications; We need
minimally-disruptive medicine |
| 17 Aug 2009,
#110 |
Family Dynamics; Specialist Publications; Predictors of
family conflict at the end of life.' |
| 10 Aug 2009,
#109 |
Palliative care and mainstream health care: Specialist publications;
The Cinderella of the health service |
| 03 Aug 2009,
#108 |
Care planning as death approaches; Specialist publications;
The clinical reality of artificial nutrition and hydration
for patients at the end of life |
| 27 Jul 2009,
#107 |
Valuable witnesses; Specialist publications; The experience
of the moment of death in a specialist palliative care unit |
| 20 Jul 2009,
#106 |
Assisted (or facilitated) death; How language shapes debate |
| 13 Jul 2009,
#105 |
The cost of health care, then and now; After 92 years, the
cost of dying is 500 times the cost of being born |
| 06 Jul 2009,
#104 |
Families and the illness experience; End-of-life decision
making and emotional burden: placing family meetings in context |
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