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Hospice Care

Known as: Hospice, care end of life, End of Life Care 
The active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. The goal of palliative care is achievement of the best… Expand
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Advance DirectivesHealth care facilityHome Care ServicesHospice and Palliative Care Nursing
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Change in end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries: site of death, place of care, and health care transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009.
IMPORTANCE A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that more persons die at home. This has been cited as… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
American Society of Clinical Oncology provisional clinical opinion: the integration of palliative care into standard oncology care.
PURPOSE An American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) provisional clinical opinion (PCO) offers timely clinical direction to… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.
BACKGROUND Patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer have a substantial symptom burden and may receive aggressive care… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial
Objective To investigate the impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients. Design Prospective… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment.
CONTEXT Talking about death can be difficult. Without evidence that end-of-life discussions improve patient outcomes, physicians… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a consensus statement by the American College [corrected] of Critical Care Medicine.
BACKGROUND These recommendations have been developed to improve the care of intensive care unit (ICU) patients during the dying… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Comparing hospice and nonhospice patient survival among patients who die within a three-year window.
There is a widespread belief by some health care providers and the wider community that medications used to alleviate symptoms… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Use of hospitals, physician visits, and hospice care during last six months of life among cohorts loyal to highly respected hospitals in the United States
Abstract Objective To evaluate the use of healthcare resources during the last six months of life among patients of US hospitals… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The health impact of health care on families: a matched cohort study of hospice use by decedents and mortality outcomes in surviving, widowed spouses.
Alternative ways of caring for seriously ill patients might have implications not only for patients' own outcomes, but also… Expand
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Quality end-of-life care: patients' perspectives.
CONTEXT Quality end-of-life care is increasingly recognized as an ethical obligation of health care providers, both clinicians… Expand
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