TY - JOUR
T1 - Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Caring for Patients with Neurologic Illnesses
AU - Mendlik, Matthew T.
AU - McFarlin, Jessica
AU - Kluger, Benzi M.
AU - Vaughan, Christina L.
AU - Phillips, Joel N.
AU - Jones, Christopher A.
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - Patients with neurologic illnesses are commonly encountered by palliative care (PC) clinicians though many clinicians feel uncomfortable caring for these patients. Understanding how to diagnose, treat, communicate with, and prognosticate for neurology patients will improve the confidence and competence of PC providers in the neurology setting. This article offers PC providers 10 useful tips that neurologists with PC training think all PC providers should know to improve care for patients with neurologic illness.
AB - Patients with neurologic illnesses are commonly encountered by palliative care (PC) clinicians though many clinicians feel uncomfortable caring for these patients. Understanding how to diagnose, treat, communicate with, and prognosticate for neurology patients will improve the confidence and competence of PC providers in the neurology setting. This article offers PC providers 10 useful tips that neurologists with PC training think all PC providers should know to improve care for patients with neurologic illness.
KW - Alzheimer's
KW - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
KW - motor neuron diseases
KW - neurodegenerative disease
KW - palliative care
KW - Parkinson's disease
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U2 - 10.1089/jpm.2018.0617
DO - 10.1089/jpm.2018.0617
M3 - Article
C2 - 30707071
AN - SCOPUS:85060917074
SN - 1096-6218
VL - 22
SP - 193
EP - 198
JO - Journal of Palliative Medicine
JF - Journal of Palliative Medicine
IS - 2
ER -