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Jeghers Medical Index

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Choosing Wisely

"Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.”

Identifying Patients for Palliative Care Assessments

Identification of patients with potential palliative care needs: A systematic review of screening tools in primary care. Palliative medicine, 34(8), 989–1005.
Identifying patients in need of a palliative care assessment in the hospital setting: a consensus report from the Center to Advance Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2011 Jan;14(1):17-23. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0347

Guidelines

NCCN guidelines insights: palliative care, version 2.2017. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2017: 15(8), 989-997
The NCCN Guidelines for Palliative Care provide interdisciplinary recommendations on palliative care for patients with cancer. These NCCN Guidelines insights summarize and provide context for the updated guidelines recommendations regarding hospice and end-of-life (EOL) care.
ICSI Palliative Care for Adults, January 2020, 6th ed
European Society for Medical Oncology Clinical Practice Guidelines: Supportive and Palliative Care
National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition 2018
The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Best Practices and Guidelines for the Interventional Management of Cancer-Associated Pain
Journal of Pain Research 16 July 2021 Volume 2021:14 Pages 2139—2164
NCI Cancer Pain - Health Professional Version (updated 2021)

Symptom Assessment

re there differences in the prevalence of palliative care-related problems in people living with advanced cancer and eight non-cancer conditions? A systematic review.
J Pain Symptom Manage 2014; 48:660.
A multicenter study comparing two numerical versions of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System in palliative care patients.
J Pain Symptom Manage 2011; 41:456

Symptom Management

Palliative Care for the Seriously Ill
N Engl J Med. 2015;373(8):747-755. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1404684
Opioid rotation for toxicity reduction in terminal cancer patients.
Journal of pain and symptom management, 10(5), 378–384. https://doi.org/10.1016/0885-3924(95)90924-c
Effect of duloxetine on pain, function, and quality of life among patients with chemotherapy-induced painful peripheral neuropathy: a randomized clinical trial
JAMA. 2013 Apr 3;309(13):1359-67. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.2813
Effects of morphine on the dyspnea of terminal cancer patients
Journal of pain and symptom management, 5(6), 341–344