In this week’s TIME cover story, “The Long Goodbye” (available to subscribers here), journalist Joe Klein writes about the …
palliative care
Why Do Black Patients Get Unwanted End-of-Life Care?
Many patients with terminal cancer get life-prolonging end-of-life treatment they did not ask for, often due to lack of clear communication with doctors and, disproportionately, those patients are African American.
Phone calls help cancer patients feel better
When nurses reach out to their cancer patients by phone, those patients on average report higher quality of life and better mood, even if their symptoms are no better than other patients’. The finding comes from a new report published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association. New Hampshire researchers tested a simple …