“I'm being forced to make decisions I have never had to make before”: Oncologists' experiences of caring for seriously ill persons with poor prognoses and the …

CR Perumalswami, E Chen, C Martin… - JCO Oncology …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new set of problems for clinicians. This
study examines the experiences of oncologists providing care to seriously ill persons near …

Learning about and living with toxicity: a qualitative study of patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors for melanoma or lung cancer and their caregivers

AS Falade, MC Boulanger, K Hsu, R Sarathy… - Supportive Care in …, 2024 - Springer
Background/objective Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized treatment for
melanoma and lung cancer and are in widespread use. This study aims to describe how …

Oncological treatment administration at end of life: a retrospective study

C Gurizzan, A Esposito, L Lorini, D Smussi… - Future …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background: This work evaluated the proportion of patients who continue therapy until their
last month of life or initiate a new therapy in the last 3 months of life (end of life [EOL]) …

Empathy and Communication

E Gil Deza - Improving Clinical Communication: A Clinician's Guide …, 2024 - Springer
Empathy between doctor and patient is essential for good communication. Paracelsus
maintained that “the foundation of medicine is love,” and modern bioethics maintains that the …

A critical discourse analysis of the language of hospice enrollment: A multiple case study of patient, family, nurse, and physician discourse in the United States

R Parker - 2024 - twu-ir.tdl.org
Abstract The Medicare Hospice Benefit, established in 1982, is integral to end-of-life care.
Despite the demonstrated benefits, hospice enrollment among Medicare beneficiaries …

[PDF][PDF] Rising from the Abyss: Exploring the Lazarus Effect in Post-Cardiac Arrest Spontaneous Resuscitation

I Bakshi, MM Pamnani, HS Rawat - researchgate.net
Autoresuscitation refers to the heart's ability to spontaneously regain activity and restore
circulation, a concept first elucidated by K. Linko in 1982 following discontinued …