[PDF][PDF] Phase II study of an outpatient palliative care intervention in patients with metastatic cancer

…, LW Le, K Wakimoto, D Seccareccia… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Purpose Although there is increasing advocacy for timely symptom control in patients with
cancer, few studies have assessed outpatient palliative care clinics. This study assessed …

Interconversion of three measures of performance status: an empirical analysis

…, D Burman, J Bryson, D Seccareccia… - European Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To construct empirically a conversion table to convert performance status scores
among the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), Karnofsky Performance Status (…

[HTML][HTML] Palliating a pandemic:“all patients must be cared for”

J Downar, D Seccareccia… - Journal of pain and …, 2010 - Elsevier
In the event of an overwhelming influenza pandemic, many health care systems will implement
a triage system that would potentially deny critical care treatment to some seriously ill …

Bringing palliative care to a Canadian cancer center: the palliative care program at Princess Margaret Hospital

C Zimmermann, D Seccareccia, A Clarke, D Warr… - Supportive care in …, 2006 - Springer
It is increasingly recognized that complete care of the patient with cancer includes palliative
care, which is applicable early in the course of illness, in conjunction with life-prolonging …

Communication and quality of care on palliative care units: a qualitative study

D Seccareccia, K Wentlandt, N Kevork… - Journal of palliative …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
… You use the D-word. I think that as soon as you do, you give people the permission to talk …
Tay LH, Hegney D, Ang E: Factors affecting effective communication between registered …

Nurse and physician inter-rater agreement of three performance status measures in palliative care outpatients

…, D Burman, S Bandukwala, D Seccareccia… - Supportive care in …, 2010 - Springer
Introduction Performance status (PS) scales are used widely in oncology practice and
research. We compared inter-rater agreement, between nurses and physicians, for three …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of care and satisfaction with care on palliative care units

K Wentlandt, D Seccareccia, N Kevork… - Journal of pain and …, 2016 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Kirsten Wentlandt PhD, MHSci, MD a b , Dori Seccareccia
MD, … “I get help eventually but sometimes I can't get it as quickly as I'd like and then I panic and …

Standardized patient simulation versus didactic teaching alone for improving residents' communication skills when discussing goals of care and resuscitation: A …

…, N Wong, L Lapointe-Shaw, D Seccareccia… - Palliative …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Communication skills are important when discussing goals of care and
resuscitation. Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of standardized patients for teaching …

Methadone for treatment of cancer pain

J Bryson, A Tamber, D Seccareccia… - Current oncology …, 2006 - Springer
… morphine equivalent of 300 mg/d would be started on 30 mg of methadone every 3 hours
as needed, as would a patient on a daily morphine equivalent of 600 mg/d. However, we have …

Cancer-related hypercalcemia

D Seccareccia - Canadian Family Physician, 2010 - cfp.ca
… Steroids might still play a role for those rare lymphomas that secrete active vitamin D. Calcitonin
is rarely used, despite the fact that it works rapidly, because its effect is short lived (2 to 3 …