Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS
Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS Peter A. Selwyn In its beginning phases in the United States in the 1980s, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) care was understood almost fully within the context…
Research Issues: Ethics and Study Design
Research Issues: Ethics and Study Design Jodi Levinthal David Casarett The goal of good palliative care is to relieve suffering and to improve quality of life. However, it is apparent…
Measurement of Quality of Life Outcomes
Measurement of Quality of Life Outcomes Jason E. Owen Laura Boxley Joshua C. Klapow Introduction For many years, survival was the primary outcome of clinical trials for those diagnosed with…
Outcomes Assessment in Palliative Care
Outcomes Assessment in Palliative Care Joan M. Teno Accountability has been called the third revolution in medical care 1. Health care providers are now often faced with new questions. For…
Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit Setting
Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit Setting Thomas J. Prendergast Intensive care units (ICUs) combine, in one physical location, the most desperately ill patients with the intensive care physicians…
Geriatric Palliative Care
Geriatric Palliative Care Jessica Israel R. Sean Morrison In our society, the overwhelming majority of people who die are elderly. They typically die slowly of chronic diseases, over long periods…
Palliative Care in Pediatrics
Palliative Care in Pediatrics Javier R. Kane Bruce P. Himelstein Palliative medicine for children is the art and science of family centered care aimed at enhancing quality of life and…
Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Survivorship
Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Survivorship Susan A. Leigh Elizabeth J. Clark What happens when my body breaks down happens not just to that body but also to my life, which…
Long-Term Survivorship: Late Effects
Long-Term Survivorship: Late Effects Noreen M. Aziz Background and Significance With continued advances in strategies to detect cancer early and treat it effectively along with the aging of the population,…
Complementary and Alternative Approaches
Complementary and Alternative Approaches Barrie R. Cassileth Gary Deng A vast collection of disparate approaches, from unproven cancer cures to soothing, adjunctive regimens, is subsumed under the single umbrella term…
