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    Palliative Care and Hospice

    Comfort care for patients dying in hospital

    Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital NEJM 2015

    Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital NEJM 2015

    Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital NEJM 2015

    Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital NEJM 2015

    Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital NEJM 2015

    Comfort Care for Patients Dying in the Hospital NEJM 2015

    Advanced Dementia

    Advanced Dementia (Hospice evaluation and steps in decision  making) NEJM 2015

    Advanced Dementia (Hospice evaluation and steps in decision  making) NEJM 2015
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    Bending the Cost Curve in Cancer Care NEJM 2011
    Early Specialty Palliative Care — Translating Data in Oncology into Practice NEJM 2013
    Talking with Patients about Dying NEJM Editorial 2013
    (AGS) Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia Position Statement 2013
    The Hospice Referral AAFT 2014 (Mercer Only)
    Top 10 Things Palliative Care Clinicians Wished Everyone Knew About Palliative Care MCProc 2013
    Clinical Pearls in Palliative Medicine 2012 Mayo Clic Proc
    Interventions on Palliative Care of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression at the End of Life:ACP Guideline Annals 2008





    Patient-Physician Relationship: Grand Round Jan 22 2016 (MHUMC)

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    A taxonomy of quality 
    Safe
    Effective
    Patietn-Centered
    Timely
    Efficient
    Equitable

    Shared Decision Making 

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