Medical Cultures Lab

2018

Proliferating policy: technologies, performance, and aesthetics in the circulation and governance of health care reform in Bolivia

Bernstein, A.

This article examines the circulation of a national health reform policy in Bolivia. While much of what exists as policy finds its dissemination and implementation in literary and material forms such as documents, pamphlets, and legal papers, I suggest that both documented and…

Perceptions of specialty palliative care and its role in pediatric stem cell transplant: A multidisciplinary qualitative study

Collins, G. S., Beaman, H., Ho, A. M., Hermiston, M. L., Cohen, H. J., & Dzeng, E. W.

Background: Consultation of specialty palliative care remains uncommon in pediatric stem cell transplant (SCT) despite growing evidence that early integration of palliative care improves outcomes in patients with advanced cancers or undergoing SCT. Little is known about how…

How Should Palliative Care Be Involved in the Response to Physician Assisted Dying in California? Intimately: Perspectives from a Statewide Conference

Petrillo, L., Widera, E., Dzeng, E., Harrison, K., Forbes, L., Koenig, B., & Scribner, B.

Describe the basic features of the End of Life Option Act, the new physician-assisted dying legislation in California.Summarize ways palliative care providers, even those who choose not to write prescriptions, can use their expertise to serve patients who are interested in using…

“Goals of Care Conversations Don’t Fit in a Box”: Hospice Staff Experiences and Perceptions of Advance Care Planning Quality Measurement

Hunt, L. J., Garrett, S. B., Dressler, G., Sudore, R., Ritchie, C. S., & Harrison, K. L

Context: With rising concerns about quality of care in hospice, federal agencies recently began mandating quality measurement in hospice, including measures of advance care planning (ACP).Objectives: To characterize hospice providers' experiences with ACP quality measurement and…

Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem.

Possin, K. L., Merrilees, J., Bonasera, S. J., Bernstein, A., Chiong, W., Lee, K., Wilson, L., Hooper, S. M., Dulaney, S., Braley, T., Laohavanich, S., Feuer, J. E., Clark, A. M., Schaffer, M. W., Schenk, A. K., Heunis, J., Ong, P., Cook, K. M., Bowhay, A. D., Gearhart, R., … Miller, B. L.

Katherine Possin and colleagues report on the implementation, development, and early findings of the Care Ecosystem, an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program.

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