Despite advances in medical care, Americans still often suffer from unnecessary pain, discomfort and lack of caring at the end of life. Improved provider education and increased public awareness can lead to better end-of-life care.
Palliative Care
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Two Struggling Academic Palliative Care Centers Get Management Advice to Help Stabilize
July 1, 2004 | Program Result
From November 2002 through January 2003, consultants worked with two academic palliative care centers that were struggling financially and helped the physician leaders establish business plans and stabilize the centers.
Young Doctors Learn to Care for Dying Patients
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The New York Academy of Medicine integrated palliative care into the core curriculum of New York State's medical schools. The project developed in early 1999 in response to several state initiatives calling for improvement in end-of-life care and palliative care education.
A Textbook Case of Nurses' Deficiency in Pain Management, End-of-Life Care
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
The City of Hope National Medical Center led an effort to improve nursing education in pain and end-of-life care.
Medical Students at Six Schools Learn how to Provide Palliative Care - And Their Teachers Learn How to Teach It
September 30, 2009 | Program Result
From November 2006 to May 2009, investigators at the Medical College of Wisconsin helped six medical schools develop educational programs for palliative care and trained faculty at those schools to teach in the field.
National Resource for Faculty Development in Palliative Care Set Up in New Center at Harvard Medical School
June 12, 2008 | Program Result
General Hospital Corporation-Massachusetts General Hospital established the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, a national resource for faculty development in palliative care.
Movie "Wit" is a Hit with Medical Students Learning about Care of Dying Patients
February 1, 2007 | Program Result
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.