The ‘surprise’ question in advanced cancer patients: a prospective study among general practitioners
Palliative Medicine
This study found that when general practitioners used the ‘surprise’ question for their patients with advanced cancer, the accuracy of survival prognosis was very high. This has clinical potential as a method to identify patients who might benefit from palliative care.
Rwanda: add life to days not just days to life
AllAfrica
The medical director at Kibagabaga Hospital in Kigali on palliative care.
Why we all need to have end of life conversations
The Globe and Mail
“Teaching palliative care around the world, I am always struck by how similar people are, wherever they happen to live. In our humanity, we share very common concerns and struggles regarding how to cope with vulnerability and the inevitability of death,” writes Harvey Max Chochinov, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care.
Fighting words are rarer among British doctors
The New Old Age blog
“British public health leaders and medical practitioners are more apt to talk about the end of life as a ‘journey’ instead of a war, with ‘pathways’ and ‘steps’ instead of fights and weapons,” writes Paula Span.
What to do when your patient is racist?
GeriPal
Alex Smith wants to write a piece about a better way to approach the racist patient.
One-third of vegetative patients may be conscious: study
Macleans
As many as one-third of vegetative patients are misdiagnosed, according to a new study in The Lancet.
Pharmacists sometimes refuse to give doctors euthanasia drugs
Dutch News
Dutch pharmacists sometimes refuse to provide the drugs needed by people who have chosen to end their lives through euthanasia.
Care of cancer survivors often falls short
US- MedPage Today
Most cancer patients enter survivorship with little direction from oncologists or primary care providers, according to a national survey.
FDA advisers vote against approving new opioid painkiller
US- npr
The Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted against recommending that the agency approve Moxduo, the first drug to combine morphine and oxycodone into one capsule, for use in the USA.
When even dying is too expensive
Yemen Times
In Yemen people are claiming that the prices of burial are unaffordable, and grave-diggers have been accused of over-charging.
End of life decisions: can we talk about it?
BeSmartBeWell.com
This video highlights the importance of talking to family members about end of life decisions early, before a medical crisis arises.
Inter-disciplinary patient care
ehospice South Africa
Doreen Shange from Msunduzi Hospice writes about Sophie, who was diagnosed with breast cancer with secondary deposits to the liver, as well as HIV & AIDS, and admitted to the hospice in December.
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