Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Dec 2024
Case ReportsPalliative Care Consults for Clinician Distress: Part of the Job?
Clinician distress is common in serious illness care. Palliative specialists are often consulted for cases involving significant distress among primary teams. ⋯ This article uses three composite cases to illustrate types of clinician distress and examine the benefits and risks of palliative specialist involvement. We conclude with a discussion of potential impacts of palliative care consults for clinician distress on the field of palliative care and consider next steps in critically important efforts to support and sustain the entire workforce-both palliative specialists and nonspecialists alike-when caring for patients with serious illness and their family caregivers.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Dec 2024
Death anxiety in patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.
Death anxiety is associated with fears of suffering and uncertainty at the end of life. It is also relevant to patients' family caregivers, who can experience fears about the patients' death and dying. ⋯ The results indicate that death anxiety is a common, clinically significant problem in patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers, emphasizing the need for targeted psychological support.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Dec 2024
ReviewArtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review.
Pain is a challenging multifaceted symptom reported by most cancer patients. This systematic review aims to explore applications of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) in predicting pain-related outcomes and pain management in cancer. ⋯ Implementation of AI/ML tools promises significant advances in the classification, risk stratification, and management decisions for cancer pain. Further research focusing on quality improvement, model calibration, rigorous external clinical validation in real healthcare settings is imperative for ensuring its practical and reliable application in clinical practice.