To break the cycle of "rehabbed to death" in oncology, we must focus on improving communication and care coordination.
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JCO Oncol Pract
September 2024
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
To break the cycle of "rehabbed to death" in oncology, we must focus on improving communication and care coordination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Geriatr Soc
November 2019
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Many older adults transfer from the hospital to a post-acute care (PAC) facility and back to the hospital in the final phase of life. This phenomenon, which we have dubbed "Rehabbing to death," is emblematic of how our healthcare system does not meet the needs of older adults and their families. Policy has driven practice in this area including seemingly benign habits such as calling PAC facilities "rehab.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Geriatr Soc
November 2019
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
N Engl J Med
January 2019
From the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine (D.J.D., A.K.S.), and School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems (D.J.D), University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (D.J.D., A.K.S.) - both in San Francisco.
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