Search results for "Goals of Care"
Seeing the full picture of a patient
A palliative care physician finds benefit in asking for photos of patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/qa-seeing-the-full-picture-of-a-patient.htm
15 Aug 2019
LTAC use, med adherence after MI, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2018
The internet of things to come
Technology isn't always as helpful as it seems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/newman.htm
15 Feb 2017
10th Annual Top Hospitalists issue
Meet our 2017 Top Docs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/10th-annual-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2017
Hospitalists weigh ethical, practical impacts of aid-in-dying laws
Early experience with California's End of Life Option Act highlights some of the challenges and concerns with allowing physicians to help seriously ill patients end their lives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/impacts-of-aid-in-dying-laws.htm
15 Jan 2018
Rounding with the Bard
Shakespeare's words apply to hospital medicine, a fictional physician finds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/newmans-notions-rounding-with-the-bard.htm
15 Mar 2018
MKSAP quiz on end-of-life care
These cases and commentary, which focus on end-of-life care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2013
POLSTs: Having the right conversation at the right time
Balance is often needed to sensitively convey one's opinions while respecting patient wishes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/polst.htm
15 Dec 2013
Planning is key to successful comanagement
Working out details in advance helps avoid conflicts down the road.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/comanagement.htm
15 Mar 2015
End of life in the ICU
Outcomes, whether life or death, should better reflect goals and values of patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/end-of-life-ICU.htm
15 Jan 2016