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Sustaining Hope , Delivering Prognosis : An Approach to Exploring Patient Needs Asking ‘ How Much Information Do You Want ? ’ Is Not Enough
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | ✓ End-of-Life Care ‘Fast Facts’ Updated, Expanded to 204 Titles The statement endorses hospice as “an appropriate multidisciplinary system” and defines hospice care as “the support and care for patients and their families in the last phase of an incurable disease...so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible.” The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has issued an official clinical policy statement on palliative and end-of-life care, thus joining the growing number of health care professional organizations providing guidelines or position papers on the integration of palliative care into standard clinical management. “This is the first statement from the society on this topic,” says ATS task force co-chair Paul N. Lanken, MD, professor of medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. “It recognizes palliative care as an important part of what doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals should be doing.” The new guidelines for care of adult and pediatric patients with advanced respiratory diseases and critical illnesses were published in the April 15, 2008, issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Based on core values and principles, the statement provides a set of basic knowledge on the application of palliative care to common clinical practice situations, supplemented by an extensive set of references and citations found on websites. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.hpbc.com/pdfs/News/QOLM2008Q3.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
