Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal:
Education Exchange
A Communications Bundle to Improve Satisfaction for Critically Ill Patients and Their Families: A Prospective, Cohort Pilot Study
Rana L. Awdish, Dana Buick, Maria Kokas, Hanan Berlin, Catherine Jackman, Cari Williamson, Michael P. Mendez, and Kristen Chasteen
Special Series on Measuring What Matters
Operationalizing the Measuring What Matters Spirituality Quality Metric in a Population of Hospitalized, Critically Ill Patients and Their Family Members
Rebecca A Aslakson, Josephine Kweku, Malonnie Kinnison, Sarabdeep Singh, Thomas Y. Crowe, II, and the AAHPM Writing Group
Curbside Rounds: State-of-the-Art in Palliative Care
Integrating Supportive Care Principles into Dialysis Decision-Making: A Primer for Palliative Medicine Providers
Alvin H. Moss
Original Articles
Predictors of Complicated Grief and Depression in Bereaved Caregivers: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study
Mette Kjaergaard Nielsen, Mette Asbjoern Neergaard, Anders Bonde Jensen, Peter Vedsted, Flemming Bro, and Mai-Britt Guldin
Hospice Use and Pain Management in Elderly Nursing Home Residents with Cancer
Jacob N. Hunnicutt, Jennifer Tjia, and Kate L. Lapane
To access the articles, you must subscribe to JPSM or be a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). For further information on the Academy, call 847.375.4712 or visit aahpm.org.
Submitted by: David Casarett, MD MA, Senior Associate Editor, JPSM