ReviewCurrent hematologic malignancy reports2021
Goal of a "Good Death" in End-of-Life Care for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies-Are We Close?
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- A 'good death' needs good cooperation with health care professionals - a qualitative focus group study with seniors, physicians and nurses in Germany.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Challenges in hospice and end-of-life care in the transfusion-dependent patient.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2024Review
- Quality of end-of-life care in patients with hematological malignancies: potential role of palliative care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Observational
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine and Indian Association of Palliative Care Expert Consensus and Position Statements for End-of-life and Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Perspectives of Patients With Relapsed and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia and High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome on Patient-Clinician Communication About Prognosis and the Future.Palliative medicine reports · 2024Article
- Knowledge, feelings, and willingness to use palliative care in cancer patients with hematologic malignancies and solid tumors: a prospective, cross-sectional study in a comprehensive cancer center in Germany.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Exploring the needs and barriers for death education in China: Getting answers from heart transplant recipients' inner experience of death.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- End-of-Life Care of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Compared with Aggressive lymphoma in Patients Who Are Eligible for Intensive Chemotherapy: An Observational Study in a Japanese Community Hospital.Palliative medicine reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe medical field has a critical role not only in prolonging life but also in helping patients achieve a good death. Early studies assessing end-of-life quality indicators to capture if a good death occurred demonstrated low rates of hospice use and high rates of intensive healthcare utilization near death among patients with hematologic malignancies, raising concerns about the quality of death. In this review, we examine trends in end-of-life care for patients with hematologic malignancies to determine if we are close to the goal of a good death. RECENT
findingsSeveral cohort studies show that patients with blood cancers are often inadequately prepared for the dying process due to late goals of care discussions and they experience low rates of palliative and hospice care. More recent analyses of population-based data demonstrate some improvements over time, with significantly more patients receiving palliative care, enrolling in hospice, and having the opportunity to die at home compared to a decade ago. These encouraging trends are paradoxically accompanied by concomitant increases in late hospice enrollment and intensive healthcare utilization near death. Although we are closer to the goal of a good death for patients with hematologic malignancies, there is ample room for growth. To close the gap between the current state of care and a good death, we need research that engages patients, caregivers, hematologic oncologists, and policy-makers to develop innovative interventions that improve timeliness of goals of care discussions, expand palliative care integration, and increase hospice use.
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