Highlights of the August Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Below are the editor’s picks for the most recent issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM).

To access the articles, you must subscribe to JPSM or be a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).

Pain in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Study
Tatiana Talya Fleishman, Jacob Dreiher, and Pesach Shvartzman

A Randomized Trial of Acceptability and Effects of Values-Based Advance Care Planning in Outpatient Oncology: Person-Centered Oncologic Care and Choices
Andrew S. Epstein, Eileen M. O’Reilly, Elyse Shuk, Danielle Romano, Yuelin Li, William Breitbart, and Angelo E. Volandes

Transition Points for the Routine Integration of Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer
Anna Collins, Vijaya Sundararajan, Jodie Burchell, Jeremy Millar, Sue-Anne McLachlan, Meinir Krishnasamy, Brian H. Le, Linda Mileshkin, Peter Hudson, and Jennifer Philip

Submitted by David Casarett, MD MA, Senior Associate Editor, JPSM

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