The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain to provide recommendations for the prescribing of opioid pain medication for ...

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new opioid guidelines in 2016, I warned in the article “CDC opioid guidelines raise alarms among hospice and palliative healthcare ...

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Hospice of Redmond continues to serve families throughout Central Oregon amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and is following safety and health guidelines as outlined by the Oregon ...

New guidelines covering implanted defibrillators in terminal patients should help patients, doctors and hospice caregivers decide how to proceed with end-of-life treatments, experts say. Up to this ...

The system for hospice admissions for patients with advanced dementia, a terminal illness, should be guided by patient and family preference for comfort, not estimated life expectancy, according to ...

Experts in two papers published on bmj.com today disagree on whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines should apply to hospices. Dr Max Watson and colleagues believe that CPR is not ...

Hebrew SeniorLife Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research BOSTON—The system for hospice admissions for patients with advanced dementia, which is a terminal illness, should be guided by ...