End of Life Care in the Prison Environment: Updated August 1, 2022 373.14 KB

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‘End of Life Care in the Prison Environment’ provides a representative sample of articles, reports, etc., published in the literature and in the news media during the past five years (2018-2022) Although a universal public health issue, it is in the United States that most interest and attention has been afforded the aging and the terminally ill prison population.

This backgrounder begins with a selection of articles by way of a broad overview of the issue, followed by additional articles, etc., (in descending order of publication) that offer a national and (in the U.S.) state-by- state overview. This is followed by a list of articles, etc., from a variety of sources on end-of-life care in the prison systems in, for example, Australia, Canada, China, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Switzerland and the U.K.

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Articles of particular interest in the latest Media Watch Supplement on end-of-life care for underserved and vulnerable population (copy attached):

'An Interprofessional Approach to Holistic End-of-Life Care in the Long-Term Care Setting,’ University of Iowa College of Nursing.

This guideline was developed from an exhaustive literature review and synthesis of current evidence on identifying end-of-life care in long-term care facilities. Research and other evidence, such as guidelines and standards from professional organizations, were critiqued, analyzed, and used as supporting evidence.

‘Identifying barriers and facilitators of translating research evidence into clinical practice: A systematic review of reviews,’ Health & Social Care in the Community.

This systematic review highlights the key barriers and facilitators for translating research to clinical practice at the individual and organisational levels.

‘Contribution of Eastern Mediterranean Region countries to palliative care journals from 1991 to 2020 and its relationship to the development of palliative care,’ BMC Palliative Care.

There is a slow, steady increase in the PC research from the Eastern Mediterranean Region which corresponds to the slow palliative care (PC) movement in the region as a whole. A metric based on publications in specialized PC journals may be useful in evaluating the development of PC in countries.

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After 15 years, and 750+ weekly issues, Media Watch ceased publication in April 2022. Periodically, however, I will be circulating a list of recent articles, reports, studies, etc., that focus attention specifically on access to palliative and quality end-of-life care for selected, underserved and vulnerable populations. The first is attached. Articles of particular interest are "flagged."

In addition, included in the attached are listings of selected articles, etc., under the headings 'Research Matters,' 'Publishing Matters' and 'Workplace Issues.'

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Of particular interest in this week's issue of Media Watch (copy attached):

Death, dying and suffering: The need for medical education reform

Accountable and transparent palliative quality measures will improve care

Identifying barriers and facilitators to palliative care integration in the management of hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A qualitative study

Palliative care: Walking through the primary school gate

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Palliative care for older people with dementia: We need a paradigm shift in our approach

Dignity in care at the end of life in a nursing home: An ethnographic study

Patient and family caregiver concordance and discordance: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

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Ukraine: Special Supplement to Media Watch

‘I’m not scared of bombs. I’m not scared of war. I became a nurse for a reason’: Volunteers at the Ukraine-Poland border

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Ukraine: Special supplement to Media Watch

The value of alleviating suffering and dignifying death in war and humanitarian crises

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Of particular interest in this week's issue of Media Watch (copy attached):

Caught in a loop with advance care planning and advance directives: How to move forward?

Poverty, choice and dying in the U.K.: A call to examine whether public health approaches to palliative care address the needs of low-income communities

The last year of life for patients dying from cancer vs. non-cancer causes: A retrospective cross-sectional survey of bereaved relatives

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Terminally ill children flee war-torn Kharkiv on makeshift medical train

UKRAINE | CNN (Cable News Network) – 5 March 2022 – The medical team is not entirely sure what to expect as the train creaks to a stop in the darkness near the Ukraine-Polish border, just inside Ukraine. A bus’s headlights inch forward. Eugenia Szuszkiewicz, a pediatrician and palliative care (PC) specialist, can feel the anxiety balling up in her stomach. The doctor’s stress levels are through the roof. This is a dangerous journey for children who need PC in the best of circumstances. Now 12 of them are doing it in a war. Small and frail bodies are hoisted up for the last time in weary mothers’ arms as they descend from the bus. Some are gently handed over to waiting doctors and nurses. For others, their health is too delicate and requires extra help to safely transport them on to the train... https://bit.ly/3txoLHM

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‘European Association for Palliative Care Statement on the Ukraine Crises.’ Accessed 6 March 2022. https://bit.ly/3hFzlXy

‘Médecins Sans Frontières Mobilizes Response in Ukraine and Nearby Countries.’ Accessed 6 March 2022. https://bit.ly/3CkF6mR

‘Palliative Care in Humanitarian Aid Situations & Emergencies Statement on the Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine.’ Accessed 6 March 2022. https://bit.ly/3hEtiTf

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Of particular interest in this week's issue of Media Watch (copy attached):

The Quebec Observatory on End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia: Implementation and preliminary findings

End-of-Life Aid Skills for Everyone in Scotland

Introducing the special collection on palliative care for LGBTQ2S+ individuals and families

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Of particular interest in this week's issue of Media Watch (copy attached):

The Lancet Commissions

Experts warn of increasing over medicalisation of death, call for rethink on end-of-life care

What happens when palliative care is neglected as a public health priority?

Research Matters

Improving care of people with serious medical illness: An economic research agenda for palliative care

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Of particular interest in this week's issue of Media Watch (copy attached):

Defining clinical excellence for palliative care specialists: A concept whose time has come

A novel scale to assess palliative care patient experience of feeling heard and understood

The significance of the distinction between “having a life” vs. “being alive” in end-of-life care

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Important Notice: With this, the 750^th issue, publication of Media Watch is suspended. This pending a reassessment of the weekly report as an advocacy, research and teaching tool. Stay tuned.

Of particular interest in this week's issue of Media Watch (copy attached):

When faced with death, people often change their minds

A new paradigm is needed: Top experts question the value of advance care planning

Shifting to serious illness communication

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Of particular interest in this week's issue of Media Watch (copy attached):

Assessing quality in advance care planning documentation: A survey of current methods

A systematized approach to advancing the quality of community-based palliative care

Why are we failing to do what works? Musings on outpatient palliative care integration in cancer care