The presentation summarized eight peer-reviewed articles from 2008, selecting those with the "highest potential impact upon the field of hospice and palliative medicine."
Papers discussed included:
- Associations Between End-of-Life Discussions, Patient Mental Health, Medical Care Near Death, and Caregiver Bereavement Adjustment
- Patient-Oncologist Communication in Advanced Cancer: Predictors of Patient Perception of Prognosis
- QTc Interval Screening in Methadone Treatment
- Methylnaltrexone for opioid-induced constipation in advanced illness
- Recovery of Activities of Daily Living in Older Patients After Hospitalization for Acute Medical Illness
- Massage Therapy versus Simple Touch to Improve Pain and Mood in Patients with Advanced Cancer
- Anticoagulation for the long term treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer
- Cost savings associated with US hospital palliative care consultation programs
