Geriatrics/Aging
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New palliative care model may ease transition from acute care to hospice
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Despite more partnerships, some patients being missed
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Family members often conflict with ICU staff
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Rules on refusing nutrition draw suit in Arkansas
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Pain management panel to work on standards
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Prevent staff misuse of chaplains’ services
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News From the End of Life: Employer manual targets grief help for employees
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Guide offers help dealing with Alzheimer’s patients
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Palliative care and hospice pain experts provide best practice care guidelines
Hospices may be the leaders in pain management, but most could improve their efforts by following best practice guidelines and initiating a quality improvement process, several pain experts say. -
Pain management project includes hospital pathway
A quality improvement team that focused on ways clinicians could better manage patients’ pain developed a one-page clinical pathway that clearly shows what needs to be done.