Inpatient Palliative Care for Neurological Disorders: Lessons from a Large Retrospective Series.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0240
Abstract: BACKGROUND Patients with neurological disorders are the second most common patient population to receive inpatient palliative care services after cancer; however, there have been few reports describing the characteristics and needs of this population. OBJECTIVE… read more here.
Keywords: care neurological; inpatient palliative; advance directives; palliative care ... See more keywords
The challenges of palliative care for those with neurological diseases
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DOI: 10.1177/0269216318760767
Abstract: Providing palliative care to those with neurological conditions is a growing, but challenging, field. Neurodegenerative diseases are numerous and variable in terms of prevalence, evolution, prognosis and trajectories, but share features of incurability and a… read more here.
Keywords: neurology; medicine; care neurological; study ... See more keywords