9) End of Life Care and Hospice (LO3)
:
(updated
2/3/24)
a) American Family
Physician - “The
Hospice Referral” May 1, 2014
https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2014/0501/p745.pdf
b) New England Journal
of Medicine -
“Palliative Care for the Seriously Ill” August 20, 2015
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1404684
“Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital” December 24, 2015
(REQUIRED READING)
https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1411746?articleTools=true
c) “Clinical Practice
Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care 4th edition: Care of the
Patient Nearing the End of Life” (National Consensus Project) 2018:
https://nationalcoalitionhpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NCHPC-NCPGuidelines_4thED_web_FINAL.pdf