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Preventable and Aggressive Care for Cancer Patients: To the Bitter End

AJN Off the Charts

The study found that more than half of ED visits among patients with cancer, 51.6%, were identified as potentially preventable, with the absolute number of potentially preventable ED visits increasing substantially between 2012 and 2019. Aggressive care common in nursing homes at end of life. Sound familiar?

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

There’s an organization that I took my training from, which began, I want to say, in 2012. It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. It’s been around for a while.