Palliative medicine fellowship: a study of resident choices.

Context: There are no data on the motives or characteristics of physicians choosing fellowship training in Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM).

Objectives: To understand more about the residents who choose HPM and what leads them to this decision.

Methods: An electronic survey of HPM fellows initiating training in July 2009.

Integrating palliative care into the outpatient, private practice oncology setting.

Context: Quality care for patients with cancer is a national priority-for those with noncurable cancer, the stakes are even higher. Strategies to promote integration of palliative care into oncology practice may enhance quality. We have developed a model in which palliative care services are integrated into the private, office-based oncology practice setting.

A day in the life: a case series of acute care palliative medicine--the Cleveland model.

Palliative care in advanced disease is complex. Knowledge and experience of symptom control and management of multiple complications are essential. An interdisciplinary team is also required to meet the medical and psychosocial needs in life-limiting illness.

The business of palliative medicine - part 5: service utilization in a comprehensive integrated program.

The aim of palliative medicine is to provide multidisciplinary comprehensive care in advanced illness. Patient and family utilization of various product service lines offered by the Harry R Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation was studied. Newly referred patients were followed up prospectively until 85% had either died or been lost to follow-up.