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Confronting Stigma From Opioid Use Disorder in Cancer Care

Pallimed

Ie, is dying in 2 months from untreated cancer alongside suboptimally treated OUD an acceptable alternative to dying in 1 year from properly treated cancer alongside suboptimally treated OUD (for a patient who wants cancer treatment)? Patients with SUD often require multiple engagements with different treatments before achieving remission.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

And to keep it short work for an article. That’s where goals of care, and slowly … and concurrent care, thinking about hospice concurrent care with SNF care. And this person did die; he declined and was transferred to an inpatient hospice unit, and died the same day. They’re not all eligible for hospice.”

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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

GeriPal

Eric: Yeah, I can also imagine … So writing a traditional academic journal article is, one, you said it’s formulaic in a way. She’s not in hospice, and you’re talking about admitting her to the hospital. It’s at this point where she’s talking about highly aggressive life-prolonging treatment.