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The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has filed a lawsuit to stop a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule that would cut hospice reimbursement rates.
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Less chemotherapy allows for better quality of life and easier transition toward death for cancer patients in the last phases of life, according to researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center.
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A class for caregivers was established at the University of Minnesota, Fairview in Minneapolis because caring for an ill family member is becoming common practice as more people are treated as outpatients.
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As the baby boomers age, medicine is allowing us to live longer, but perhaps sicker, managing chronic disease with medication and replacing parts that have broken down with a combination of medical devices and surgeries.
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End-of-life issues should be discussed while people are in good health. Just as people prepare for birth, it is important to prepare for death.
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In the adverse effects induced by opioid therapy, constipation is singular in its persistence.
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A palliative care program can save hospitals an average of at least $279 per day, up to $374 per day, according to a study of eight hospitals by the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the National Palliative Care Research Center.
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In general, studies of nurses have found that dealing with death and dying, as well as dealing with difficult or seriously ill patients, are factors linked with stress.
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