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October 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and North General Hospital trained physicians to provide culturally sensitive palliative and hospice care to underserved, minority populations and to provide such care to residents of Harlem and other communities.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
In November 2000, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) began a series of articles, Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life, which examines challenges in caring for patients at the end of life.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Experts in heart failure, palliative medicine and related fields promoted supportive and palliative care for advanced heart failure patients through research and improvement in clinical care.
June 12, 2008 | Program Result Report
General Hospital Corporation-Massachusetts General Hospital established the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, a national resource for faculty development in palliative care.
September 30, 2007 | Program Result Report
A project team at the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, N.C., commissioned a series of papers on topics concerning end-of-life care for African Americans.
August 8, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation conducted an analysis of nursing certification examinations and related materials to assess how well they address end-of-life issues.
July 26, 2007 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston surveyed more than 2,000 students and staff at 62 U.S. medical schools to assess the availability and quality of instruction in end-of-life care.
February 10, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Wit Film Project is a medical training program using the Emmy Award-winning HBO film adaptation of the stage play Wit to advance education on end-of-life care.
July 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Joan M. Teno, M.D., M.S., led a team of researchers from Brown University and other institutions in creating a toolkit of instruments to measure the quality of care for dying patients and their families.
June 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
A project team headed by Richard Payne, M.D., created a new curriculum that teaches essential clinical competencies and practical skills needed to provide culturally appropriate palliative and end-of-life care to African Americans.