This requires a broad knowledge of internal medicine, psychiatry, and geriatric medicine as
well as subspecialty medicine. 10 Using ICD-9 data, Glasheen et al11 described the range …

Communication, palliative care, and patient safety have been identified by the Society of
Hospital Medicine as core competencies in hospital medicine. Effective communication is …

Concerns are growing across the board about the increasing resource demand by society
and the poor way in which society has been dealing with waste and recovery of natural …

Palliative care focuses on meeting the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of individuals
dealing with chronic and life-limiting conditions and their families. The practice of palliative …

Although the number of people using the services of hospice has steadily increased over the
last decade, the length of stay in hospice has steadily decreased, indicating that patients are …

Of late, the proliferation of medical specialisation has proceeded at a pace that has left the
general public, and even some medical practitioners, reeling. In his landmark book, Divide …

Background Knowledge about the quality of end-of-life care in the elderly patient in Europe
is fragmented. The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) Geriatric Palliative …

Σύμφωνα με την Παγκόσμια Οργάνωση Υγείας (2007) 1, έως το 2015, 15.000. 000 άνθρωποι
θα πάσχουν από καρκίνο, εκ των οποίων το 30-40% θα υποφέρει από πόνο στα αρχικά …

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