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ESMO Open
January 2025
Office of Quality and Value, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
Many patients with cancer approaching the end of life (EOL) continue to receive treatments that are unlikely to provide meaningful clinical benefit, potentially causing more harm than good. This is called overtreatment at the EOL. Overtreatment harms patients by causing side-effects, increasing health care costs, delaying important discussions about and preparation for EOL care, and occasionally accelerating death.
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January 2025
Hunter Alliance for Research and Translation, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, United States.
Background: Transgender and nonbinary individuals have received increasing attention within HIV research, with studies documenting the pervasive role stigma plays in creating and sustaining health inequities. However, the proliferation of HIV stigma research with this population has also raised concerns about research practices that may unintentionally stigmatize or retraumatize the very communities they are designed to benefit. Conducting stigma research is critical for generating accurate information about HIV epidemiology, risk and protective factors, and intervention strategies for transgender and nonbinary individuals.
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December 2024
4School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Objective: To assess the impact of patient safety events on veterinary professionals and identify factors influencing their responses.
Methods: This was an experimental study, wherein a total of 2,182 veterinary professionals in the US, including veterinarians, technicians, assistants, client service providers, and managers/directors, were given an anonymous online survey utilizing the Second Victim Experience and Support Tool, Brief Resilience Scale, and Team Psychological Safety Scale.
Results: The majority of participants reported having experienced at least 1 patient safety event within the last 12 months.
China CDC Wkly
December 2024
National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Introduction: This study describes and analyzes the distribution of fall cases documented in the National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) from 2019 to 2022.
Methods: Fall data from the NISS (2019-2022) were descriptively analyzed by gender and age.
Results: The NISS in China reported 2,324,577 fall cases from 2019 to 2022.
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