Vol 4, No 1 (January 15, 2015) - Annals of Palliative Medicine

Message From the Editor-in-Chief

Palliative care: from medicine to surgery, from adults to children, and from calls to action to community approaches to advanced care planning

Charles B. Simone II

PDF Pages: 1-2 Full Text (2302) Open Access

Palliative Radiotherapy Column¹

Integrating palliative care and oncology: towards a common understanding

Jan Gaertner, Stephen Lutz, Edward Chow, Charles B. Simone II

PDF Pages: 3-4 Full Text (4320) Open Access

Surgical Palliative Care Column²

Surgery, palliative care, and the American College of Surgeons

Geoffrey P. Dunn

PDF Pages: 5-9 Full Text (10955) Open Access

Review Article

Lessons learned from New York’s community approach to advance care planning and MOLST

Patricia A. Bomba, Katie Orem

PDF Pages: 10-21 Full Text (10275) Open Access

Quality of care and relationships as reported by children with cancer and their parents

Rania Mosleh Al-Gharib, Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Hala Darwish

PDF Pages: 22-31 Full Text (6374) Open Access

Case Report

Efficacy of granisetron and aprepitant in a patient who failed ondansetron in the prophylaxis of radiation induced nausea and vomiting: a case report

Leigha Rowbottom, Mark Pasetka, Rachel McDonald, Lise Hunyh, Srinivas Raman, Carlo DeAngelis, Edward Chow

PDF Pages: 32-34 Full Text (4536) Open Access

A radiotherapy technique for palliative total scalp irradiation

Rocchina Caivano, Alba Fiorentino, Piernicola Pedicini, Giorgia Califano, Vincenzo Fusco

PDF Pages: 35-38 Full Text (7885) Open Access

Commentary

Commentary on Masel et al. Predicting discharge of palliative care inpatients by measuring their heart rate variability

Andrew Thurston, Robert Arnold

PDF Pages: 39-40 Full Text (2499) Open Access

Heart rate variability measurement: is there a role in predicting the admission outcome of palliative cancer patients?

Samy A. Alsirafy

PDF Pages: 41-42 Full Text (3514) Open Access

Meet the Professor³

Stephen T. Lutz: Palliative Radiotherapy, a growing subspecialty

Nancy Q. Zhong

PDF Pages: 43-45 Full Text (4421) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Palliative Radiotherapy” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.

2. The series “Surgical Palliative Care” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.

3. The series “Meet the Professor” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.

Vol 4, No 1 (January 15, 2015): Annals of Palliative Medicine