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Nathan A Gray¹, Jay R Horton², J Nicholas Dionne-Odom³

¹1 Duke Palliative Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine , Durham, North Carolina.

Journal of Palliative Medicine

|April 6, 2016

Abstract

Background/Objective:

The goal of this update in hospice and palliative care is to summarize and critique research published between January 1 and December 31, 2014 that has a high potential for impact on clinical practice.

Design:

To identify articles we hand searched 22 leading journals, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Fast Article Critical Summaries for Clinicians in Palliative Care. We also performed a PubMed keyword search using the terms "hospice" and "palliative care."

Measurements:

We ranked candidate articles based on study quality, appeal to a breadth of palliative care clinicians, and potential for impact on clinical practice.

Results:

In this manuscript we have summarized the findings of eight articles with the highest ratings and make recommendations for clinical practice based on the strength of the resulting evidence.

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