A5091908813- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Family Support in Illness
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Noise Effects and Management
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Ethics in medical practice
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Education and Military Integration
- Disaster Response and Management
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
University of California, San Francisco
2016-2023
University of Edinburgh
2021-2023
Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center
2023
Stanford University
2014
Palliative care services in the United States are increasing their prevalence but continue to vary implementation, with different referral policies and timing of patient access services.To better define a late understand association referrals palliative health outcomes, including postreferral length hospital stay in-hospital mortality.We performed retrospective study using multiple linear logistic regressions on 1,225 patients pre-existing oncologic diagnoses who received Stanford Hospital's...
Patients with cancer are at high risk for having mental disorders, resulting in widespread psychosocial screening efforts. However, there is a need population-based and longitudinal studies of disorders among patients who have gastrointestinal particular elderly patients.We used the SEER-Medicare database to identify aged ≥65 years colorectal, pancreatic, gastric, hepatic/biliary, esophageal, or anal cancer. Earlier (12 months before up 6 after diagnosis) subsequent disorder diagnoses were...
Abstract The clinical and financial effects of mental disorders are largely unknown among gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, End Results (SEER)‐Medicare linked database, we identified patients whose first was a primary colorectal, pancreatic, gastric, hepatic/biliary, esophageal, or anal as well those with coexisting depression, anxiety, psychotic, bipolar disorder. Survival, chemotherapy use, total healthcare expenditures, patient out‐of‐pocket...
<h3>Outcomes</h3> 1. Viewers are able to articulate key factors for the successful implementation of My Life, Story or other type narrative medicine program at their institution. 2. Participants may apply described strategies assist in designing and implementing <h3>Key Message</h3> While benefits MLMS have been previously demonstrated, roadblocks could be further explored. Outlining how lower barrier entry starting sustaining allow more systems add this valuable care dimension. These...
Introduction: Financial toxicity has negative implications for patient well-being and health outcomes. There is a gap in understanding financial patients undergoing palliative radiotherapy (RT). Methods: A review of treated with RT was conducted from January 2021 to December 2022. The FACIT-COST (COST) measured (higher scores implying better well-being). graded according previously suggested cutoffs: Grade 0 (score ≥26), 1 (14-25), 2 (1-13), 3 (0). FACIT-TS-G used treatment satisfaction,...
In this narrative medicine essay, a palliative care physician finds the space between professional and patient distance thinning as COVID pandemic drags on wonders whether abiding with them is lesson.
As the COVID-19 pandemic proceeds, systems continue to struggle with need decrease provider exposure and minimize personal protective equipment use while maintaining high quality patient care. The reduced visitation capacity in hospitals has resulted levels of family suffering, patients both without require expert symptom management goals care conversations. A manuscript was published describing rapid implementation telepalliative medicine consultation by Inpatient Palliative Care team at...
On Being a DoctorJune 2021Fantasies of Wounded HealerJessi Humphreys, MDJessi MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M21-0438 Audio Reading - “Fantasies Healer” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads Jessi MD Your browser does not support the audio element. player progress bar Step backward in current track Play trackPause forward Mute trackUnmute 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to...