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Ann Oncol ; 23 Suppl 3: 29-32, 2012 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22628413

RESUMO

Patients with advanced cancers often endure chemotherapy late in their disease course leading to unnecessary adverse effects, loss of quality of life, and delay in hospice referral. Compassionate and honest communication about the use of chemotherapy can facilitate better patient care. This manuscript will explore communication issues regarding palliative-intent chemotherapy.


Assuntos
Comunicação , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/psicologia , Cuidados Paliativos/métodos , Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Futilidade Médica/psicologia , Cuidados Paliativos/psicologia , Relações Médico-Paciente , Assistência Terminal/métodos , Assistência Terminal/psicologia , Revelação da Verdade
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Palliat Med ; 22(4): 343-9, 2008 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18541638

RESUMO

Although one-fourth of all medicare dollars are spent during the last year of life, symptom management for terminal hospitalized patients has continued to be inadequate. Quality end-of-life care is often overlooked, seldom taught and rarely measured within Internal Medicine Residency Programmes. We studied the effects of a palliative care order set and educational e-mail on resident comfort. Survey of residents showed that only 54% were comfortable across nine aspects of palliative care. Three months after release, 88% of residents were using the order set and 63% believed it increased their comfort with palliative care. Resident comfort managing palliative symptoms increased an average 10% (P = 0.02). First-year residents exposed to this order set increased in comfort from 40% to 65% (P < 0.0001), which significantly surpassed the 48% of second-year residents who reported being comfortable (P = 0.002). Introducing a palliative care order set improves resident comfort with symptom management in dying patients.


Assuntos
Internato e Residência/normas , Cuidados Paliativos/normas , Planejamento de Assistência ao Paciente/normas , Satisfação do Paciente , Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde/normas , Assistência Terminal/normas , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Atenção à Saúde/normas , Humanos , Minnesota , Cuidados Paliativos/métodos , Assistência Terminal/métodos
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Neurol Clin ; 9(4): 843-56, 1991 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1722000

RESUMO

Neoplastic meningitis appears to be increasing in frequency with improvements in the treatment of many cancers. It is most often recognized in patients with leukemia, breast cancer, lymphomas, and small-cell cancer of the lung, although it may be seen with virtually any malignancy. Treatment should include intrathecal chemotherapy, radiation therapy to symptomatic areas of the CNS, and optimal therapy of the systemic cancer. New efforts are underway to decrease the toxicity and improve the efficacy of antineoplastic therapy for this devastating complication of cancer.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Meníngeas/secundário , Terapia Combinada , Humanos , Neoplasias Meníngeas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Meníngeas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Meníngeas/radioterapia , Exame Neurológico , Cuidados Paliativos , Taxa de Sobrevida
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