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Concordant palliative care delivery in advanced head and neck cancer.

Am J Otolaryngol

December 2022

Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Palliative Care, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America; Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.

Objectives: To describe the palliative care consultation practices in an academic head and neck surgery practice.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of a palliative care database and the health record for all palliative care consultations of patients suffering from advanced stage head and neck cancer within a 21-month period.

Results: Ten head and neck cancer patients received palliative care consults while on the otolaryngology service.

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Family-Friendly Policies in North Carolina.

N C Med J

January 2022

Senior director, North Carolina chapter, MomsRising, Durham, North Carolina.

Given the extensive research on the impact of paid leave on increased access, decreased disparities, and improvement in health and economic outcomes, passing a universal statewide program that covers all working North Carolinians would promote Healthy North Carolina 2030 targets.

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