[HTML][HTML] Incorporating palliative care principles to improve patient care and quality of life in urologic oncology

LA Hugar, EM Wulff-Burchfield, GS Winzelberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Palliative care—specialized healthcare focused on improving quality of life for patients with
serious illnesses—can help urologists to care for patients with unmet symptom, coping and …

[HTML][HTML] Racial disparities in end-of-life care between black and white adults with metastatic cancer

LM Perry, LE Walsh, R Horswell, L Miele, S Chu… - Journal of pain and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Context The comfort of patients with cancer near the end of life (EOL) is often undermined by
unnecessary and burdensome treatments. There is a need for more research examining …

Racial disparities in hospital mortality among pediatric cardiomyopathy and myocarditis patients

J Olsen, YL Tjoeng, J Friedland-Little, T Chan - Pediatric Cardiology, 2021 - Springer
Racially disparate health outcomes exist for a multitude of populations and illnesses. It is
unknown how race and ethnicity impact mortality for children with cardiomyopathy or …

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest outcomes: artificial intelligence‐augmented propensity score and geospatial cohort analysis of …

DJ Monlezun, AT Samura, RS Patel… - Cardiology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Social disparities in out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes are
preventable, costly, and unjust. We sought to perform the first large artificial intelligence‐(AI …

Racial disparities in utilization of palliative care among patients admitted with advanced solid organ malignancies

K Lee, F Gani, JK Canner… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There is increasing recognition of the importance of early incorporation of
palliative care services in the care of patients with advanced cancers. Hospice-based …

Disparities in care management during terminal hospitalization among adults with metastatic cancer from 2010 to 2017

S Deeb, FL Chino, LC Diamond, A Tao… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many patients with metastatic cancer receive high-cost, low-value care near the
end of life. Identifying patients with a high likelihood of receiving low-value care is an …

Communication tools to support advance care planning and hospital care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a design process

J Paladino, S Mitchell, N Mohta, JR Lakin… - The Joint Commission …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the medical and social vulnerability of an
unprecedented number of people. Consequently, there has never been a more important …

Association between end-of-life cancer care and immigrant status: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

A Chu, L Barbera, R Sutradhar, UE Oz, E O'Leary… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To compare recent immigrants and long-term residents in Ontario, Canada, on
established health service quality indicators of end-of-life cancer care. Design …

Diverse perspectives on death, disability, and quality of life: an exploratory study of racial differences in periviable decision-making

B Tucker Edmonds, SM Hoffman, T Laitano… - Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Objective To qualitatively explore perceptions of pain/suffering, disability, and coping by
race among pregnant women facing the threat of a periviable delivery (22 0/7–24 6/7 …

Palliative versus hospice care in patients with cancer: a systematic review

M Frasca, A Galvin, C Raherison… - BMJ Supportive & …, 2021 - spcare.bmj.com
Background Guidelines recommend an early access to specialised palliative medicine
services for patients with cancer, but studies have reported a continued underuse. Palliative …