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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®

The Presence of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators is Rarely Addressed During Code Status ChangeThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 538-541, June 2025. Background:Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) are used to prevent sudden cardiac death, but they may provide unwanted shocks during end-of-life care. We aimed to study the frequency at which Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) discussions address ICD ... Jun 22, 2024
“I Often Just Don’t Know what to Say!”: Variations in Multidisciplinary Palliative Care Clinicians’ Confidence and Needs Related to Spiritual CareThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 560-570, June 2025. BackgroundSpiritual care is a core component of high-quality palliative care, yet gaps exist in spiritual care provision. Understanding clinicians’ levels of confidence around spiritual care and their perceptions of necessary knowledge/skills to enhance ... Jul 22, 2024
Longitudinal Analysis of Cancer Family Caregiver Perception of Sleep Difficulty During Home HospiceThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 602-609, June 2025. BackgroundSleep difficulty in caregivers is associated with poor physical and psychological outcomes. The purpose of this study was to describe family caregivers’ perception of sleep difficulty through the hospice trajectory after a cancer diagnosis as ... Jul 21, 2024
Impact of Palliative Care Referral on End-of-Life Outcomes for Patients With Hematologic MalignancyThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 550-559, June 2025. ContextCompared to patients with solid malignancies, less is known about the role of palliative care in patients with hematologic malignancies, leading to underutilization of palliative care.ObjectivesEvaluate the timing and impact of palliative care ... Jul 22, 2024
Stop Asking How Much Information Your Patient Wants Before Discussing Serious NewsThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 529-531, June 2025. Discussing serious news is a fundamental communication skill, and many clinicians have been taught to ask their patients how much detail they want to hear before sharing difficult information. Over the past decade, we have taught hundreds of medical ... Jul 26, 2024
Reducing Racial Disparities at End-of-life: Using Narratives to Build Trust and Promote advance Care PlanningThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 532-537, June 2025. Black Americans are less likely than White Americans to have advance directives, die while receiving hospice services, or have their end-of life wishes honored. The root causes of disparities include imbalance of resources, lack of trust in health care ... Aug 2, 2024
Palliative Care Utilization Among Hospitalized Patients With Hepatocellular Cancer: A Nationwide Study in the Pandemic Era (2019-2021)This link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 571-579, June 2025. Background:Palliative care addresses a range of needs, from symptom management to providing support to patients with hepatocellular cancer (HCC) and their families throughout the illness. However, research on palliative care in HCC remains limited, ... Aug 14, 2024
Comparing Nephrologists’ Self-Reported Decision-Making Skills and Treatment Attitudes With Their Patients’ Experiences of Making Kidney Therapy Decisions and Receiving Nephrology CareThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 587-593, June 2025. BackgroundDialysis is often initiated in the United States without exploring patients’ preferred decision-making style, and conservative kidney management (CKM) is infrequently presented. To improve kidney therapy (KT) decision-making, research on ... Aug 29, 2024
Patient Perceptions of Specialist Palliative Care Intervention in Surgical Oncology CareThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 594-601, June 2025. IntroductionSurgical oncology patients have a high symptom burden and increased risk of morbidity. The aim of palliative care is to evaluate and treat the patient in a holistic manner focusing on the unique attributes of each patient. This goal-concordant ... Jun 15, 2024
Antibiotic Use at the End of Life: Current Practice and Ways to OptimizeThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 610-615, June 2025. Infections are common complications in end of life (EOL). However, clinicians have minimal guidance regarding antibiotic decision-making in EOL care, leading to the overuse of antibiotics. While symptom relief is frequently cited as a major reason for ... Jul 19, 2024
Demoralization Syndrome in End-Of-Life Cancer Patients: A Qualitative StudyThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 542-549, June 2025. ObjectivesIn our previous study we analyzed the prevalence of demoralization in a sample of 235 end-of-life cancer patients using the Demoralization Scale (DS). The findings revealed that 50.2% of the participants reported experiencing a moderate level of ... Sep 6, 2024
Impairments of Human Dignity at the End of Life Quantitatively Assessed by Health Care Professionals: A Pilot Study From GermanyThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 580-586, June 2025. BackgroundEmpirical investigations on health care professionals’ (HCPs) perception of dignity have already spotted common themes in preserving dignity in end-of-life care. However, heterogenic assessment results of varying HCP groups exist. This pilot ... Aug 7, 2024
Ethics Roundtable State-Erected Barriers to End-of-Life CareThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. Oct 4, 2024
The Four RulesThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. Occurring during my third and final year of internal medicine residency, this tough case remains one of the most memorable in my nearly 20 years as a physician. After I wrote this essay for an issue on end-of-life care for my local hospital’s magazine, it ... Jun 4, 2025
A Survey to Enhance Procedural Based Skills in Hospice EducationThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. We aimed to conduct a needs assessment survey to better understand the frequency and types of procedures performed in and across hospice educational settings in order enhance the hospice education curriculum across diverse practice settings and ... Mar 27, 2025
You’ve Got A Friendtor in Me: Innovations in Peer Mentoring for Mid-Career Palliative Care CliniciansThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. Introduction:Mentoring is crucial to professional success, but little is known about the professional development needs of mid-career hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) clinicians.Methods:An interprofessional “friendtor” group of five HPM clinicians ... Mar 14, 2025
“Are They Just Experimenting With All of Us?” Cultural Considerations for Clinicians Caring for Seriously Ill Great Plains American IndiansThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. Context:Serious illnesses like cancer disproportionately affect American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Peoples. AI/AN patients deserve culturally responsive healthcare at all times, and especially when journeying through serious illness.Objectives:... Mar 14, 2025
Consistent, Concise and Meaningful: Clinician Perceptions of a Novel Dyspnea Assessment ToolThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundDyspnea is a prevalent and distressing symptom in interstitial lung diseases with significant effects on patients’ quality of life and associated with poorer prognosis. Guidelines recommend a multidimensional dyspnea assessment tool. We ... Mar 13, 2025
Homelessness and Cancer: A Multi-Site, Mixed Methods Study of Delayed or No Cancer TherapyThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. Background:Patients who experience homelessness manifest poor cancer outcomes, often because of treatment delays. Few studies have used mixed methods to learn what happens at the patient and health care staff level to explain these delays.Methods:This ... Mar 18, 2025
Disparities in End-of-Life Care: A Retrospective Study on Intensive Care Utilization and Advance Care Planning in the Colorado All-Payer Claims DatabaseThis link opens in a new window American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print. BackgroundIntensive end-of-life (EOL) care is emotionally and financially burdensome, disproportionally negatively impacting racial and ethnic minorities, rural residents, and lower socioeconomic seniors.ObjectivesTo evaluate the impact of race, ethnicity,... Mar 19, 2025

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