End of Life Resources

End of Life Resources

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Welcome to the End-of-Life Resources page; a library of information meant to assist physicians, caregivers, and patients find the information they need to better carry out end-of-life care.  Can't find what you're looking for?  Check back in soon becuse we are adding resources daily to continue populating the end-of-life resource categories. 

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Palliative Care — A Shifting Paradigm The New England Journal of Medicine
This editorial by Diane Meier, M.D. and Amy Kelley, M.D., M.S.H.S. gives a very in-depth definition of palliative care, how...
A Practical Approach to the Family That Expects a Miracle American College of CHEST Physicians
Abstract:  When a patient is extremely ill and/or dying, and the family expects a miraculous recovery, this situation...
Advance Care Planning: Role of the Primary Care Physician
Dying Under a Cloud Journal of Palliative Care
This is an interesting narrative about the ethics of implementing hospital and state rules/laws for dying patients who are...
Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer The New England Journal of Medicine
This recent article from the New England Journal of Medicine was the basis for the August 20, 2010 article in the New...
Ethical Issues in Hydration and Nutrition
This article, written by Neil Macdonald, is from the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care.  This...
Government-Scripted Consent: When Medical Ethics and Law Collide The Hasting Center Report
In the September-October 2009 issue of the Hastings Center Report, Howard Minkoff and Mary Faith Marshall address the...
Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation The New York Times
This is an interesting article on terminal sedation (part of a series) that was featured on the front page of the New York...
Improving End of Life Care: Why Has It Been So Difficult? The Hastings Center: Special Report
This report contains 10 essays that present a synoptic overview of the most important developments in end-of-life decision...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) management in palliative care units and hospices in Germany: a nationwide survey on patient isolation policies and quality of life. Journal: Palliative Medicine
 This article brings up an interesting conversation about treatment strategy in a palliative care setting.  MRSA...
Pain Relief: A Human Right Network: International network for cancer treatment and research
The attached PDF is about pain management in developing countries and the underlying human right for patients dealing with...
Palliative Care Extends Life, Study Finds The New York Times: Health
In a study that sheds new light on the effects of end-of-life care, doctors have found that patients with terminal lung...
Terminally Ill and Suicide The BBC
Joan Bakewell discusses the real-life case of Mary, a terminally-ill woman in her 80s. She has considered her condition and...
Toward a Meaningful Alternative Medicine The Hasting Center Report
Abstract:  At a time when medicine is increasingly pulled toward both evidence-based and alternative medicine, a number...
“Love Your Neighbor Like Yourself”: A Jewish Ethical Approach to the Use of Pain Medication with Potentially Dangerous Side Effects Journal of Palliative Medicine
Abstract:  Palliation of pain is universally regarded as a cardinal aspect of end-of-life care. In the early days of...