"Hospice Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Specialized health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing patients and their families with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting patients' immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialized facilities (HOSPICES), or in specially designated areas of long-term care facilities. The concept also includes bereavement care for the family. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D017051
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.400 N02.421.585.905.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospice Programs- Hospice Programs
- Hospice Program
- Program, Hospice
- Programs, Hospice
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospice Care" by people in Profiles.
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Assessing End-of-Life Care across Settings in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System. J Palliat Med. 2020 06; 23(6):825-828.
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Care in the Final Month of Life among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients in Kaiser Permanente Southern California. J Palliat Med. 2016 11; 19(11):1136-1141.
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Evaluating Hospice and Palliative Medicine Education in Pediatric Training Programs. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2017 Aug; 34(7):603-610.
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Informal hospice caregiver pain management concerns: a qualitative study. Palliat Med. 2013 Jul; 27(7):673-82.
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Medical oncologists' perceptions of financial incentives in cancer care. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Feb 10; 31(5):530-5.
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An official American Thoracic Society clinical policy statement: palliative care for patients with respiratory diseases and critical illnesses. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr 15; 177(8):912-27.
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Variations in hospice use among cancer patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Aug 02; 98(15):1053-9.
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Cancer care quality measures: symptoms and end-of-life care. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2006 May; (137):1-77.
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Older Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders dying of cancer use hospice less frequently than older white patients. Am J Med. 2003 Jul; 115(1):47-53.
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Hospice use among Medicare managed care and fee-for-service patients dying with cancer. JAMA. 2003 May 07; 289(17):2238-45.