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A Light In The Dark: End-Of-Life Conversations In Advanced Cancer Patients Improve Caregiver Grief, Nicole Meeks Oct 2021

A Light In The Dark: End-Of-Life Conversations In Advanced Cancer Patients Improve Caregiver Grief, Nicole Meeks

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Wright AA, Zhang B, Ray A, Mack JW, Trice E, Balboni T, Mitchell SL, Jackson VA, Block SD, Maciejewski PK, & Prigerson HG. Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment. JAMA. 2008;300(14):1665-1673. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.300.14.1665

for a patient with end stage cancer and an anxious caregiver.


Clinical Decision Science Requires Doctors To Examine Their Own Inner World, Janice C. Lau Oct 2020

Clinical Decision Science Requires Doctors To Examine Their Own Inner World, Janice C. Lau

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

The author reflects on the importance of preparation for difficult conversations with patients and their families after finding herself unprepared to compassionately communicate a clinical decision for a pediatric patient.


Evidence Doesn’T Change Prescribing Patterns…So What Does?, Ali Rida, Anthony Brooks Mar 2019

Evidence Doesn’T Change Prescribing Patterns…So What Does?, Ali Rida, Anthony Brooks

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

The authors write in support of critical analysis of clinical research, as a corrective to the physician's urge to "do something" even when no evidence of benefit exists.