Month: September 2013

Highlights of the September Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM)

Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal: Rehabilitation in Advanced, Progressive, Recurrent Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial Louise Jones, Gail FitzGerald, Baptiste Leurent, Jeffrey Round, Jane Eades, Sarah Davis, Faye Gishen, Amanda Holman, Katherine Hopkins, and Adrian Tookman Intentional Sedation to Unconsciousness at the End of Life: Findings … Read moreHighlights of the September Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM)

Education Resource Email #5: Fast Facts and Concepts

Fast Facts and Concepts for Ed-SIG http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/EPERC/FastFactsandConcepts Fast Facts and Concepts (“FF”) are a series of short, peer-reviewed monographs on a wide variety of palliative care topics. They are published on the EPERC website at the Medical College of Wisconsin, as well as co-published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. FF were started in around … Read moreEducation Resource Email #5: Fast Facts and Concepts

Puzzles with Missing Pieces

In my first year as attending physician in a large homecare-based hospice, I have encountered many personal and professional struggles. The biggest of these for me has been that of accountability. Having trained in a tertiary care center where most everyone comes through the emergency department, there is information galore on each palliative care and … Read morePuzzles with Missing Pieces