Case Challenges in Pain and Palliative Care

Palliative Care in End-Stage Renal Disease In this case, a social worker must respond to a patient who expresses that she would like to discontinue dialysis and knows that doing so means she will die soon.
Clinical Case, December 04, 2019
Can Palliative Care Make a Difference in Parkinson Disease? As a serious, chronic disease with no cure, can quality of life be improved for patients with Parkinson disease?
Clinical Case, April 24, 2019
Palliative Care in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Is a patient recently diagnosed with IPF a good candidate for palliative care?
Clinical Case, February 04, 2019
Spirituality in Serious Illness A patient's spiritual support needs can change at different stages of serious illness and end of life.
Clinical Case, July 17, 2018
Palliative Care in the New Age of Oncology Therapies With new treatments emerging, patients with a cancer diagnosis are more hopeful than ever, but they can still benefit from early palliative care.
Clinical Case, June 28, 2018
Showing Compassion Toward Palliative Care Colleagues Clinicians doing the stressful work of caring for patients near the end of life are also worthy of compassion from colleagues.
Clinical Case, June 05, 2018
Communication Coaching: Preparing for Difficult Conversations A communication coach helps patients articulate their end-of-life goals.
Clinical Case, March 23, 2018
Palliative Care for Cancer Survivors? Is palliative care appropriate for someone who has survived cancer and is doing well?
Clinical Case, December 15, 2017
From Survivorship to End-of-Life Care When survivorship turns into terminal illness, the team must provide honest information and help the patient realign goals.
Clinical Case, July 28, 2017
Going Broke: Financial Concerns of Palliative Care Patients Financial concerns can negatively influence a patient's response to treatment and care.
Clinical Case, September 19, 2017
When Palliative Care Is a Family Affair Palliative care has much to offer families when the parent of young children faces serious illness or even death.
Clinical Case, June 27, 2017
Palliative Care to Assist Ill and Aging Family Caregivers What should you do when the caregiver's health is as bad as or worse than the patient's?
Clinical Case, May 08, 2017
Palliative Care for Patients With Physical Disabilities A paraplegic woman is facing advanced breast cancer. How can clinicians best help her?
Clinical Case, April 13, 2017
Palliative Care in Radiation Therapy What can palliative care offer to patients with cancer who are scheduled for radiation therapy?
Clinical Case, April 06, 2017
Learn When and How to Introduce Palliative Care The clinician caring for an optimistic and hopeful woman with late-stage cancer wonders whether it is the right time to introduce palliative care.
Clinical Case, December 27, 2016
Family Meetings for Palliative Care For an elderly woman with minimal family support, an interdisciplinary family conference can help make difficult treatment choices.
Clinical Case, November 21, 2016
'Not Giving Up Yet': Palliative Care in the Elderly An elderly woman with recurrent cancer wants to pursue treatment so she can take care of her husband. Would palliative care be appropriate?
Clinical Case, September 09, 2016
Palliative Care in Sudden Death In cases of sudden death, is it too late to involve palliative care?
Experts And Viewpoints, July 06, 2016
PTSD and Palliative Care A woman's delay of cancer treatment is related to her history of sexual abuse.
Clinical Case, May 10, 2016
Helping Terminally Ill Patients Do a 'Life Review' Palliative care expert explains what a 'life review' is, who can benefit, and how to proceed.
Clinical Case, April 14, 2016

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