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Martin Viola

Martin Viola is awarded a grant from the WITH Foundation to study end-of-life care for people with intellectual disabilities

Martin Viola, MA, Research Assistant at the Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, along with co-Director Holly G. Prigerson, have been awarded a grant from the WITH Foundation to investigate treatment disparities among patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the end of life. This project will use medical record data and stakeholder feedback to design an educational intervention for critical care and palliative care clinicians aimed at reducing potential disparities.... Read More

Cancer cast

NYTimes covers our research showing that medical miscommunication is a major problem.

Dr. Holly Prigerson’s #research shows medical miscommunication is a major problem. Our latest #CancerCast episode covers ways physicians, patients & families can work together to accurately discuss a #cancerprognosis & make informed treatment decisions. https://apple.co/362Gk5N 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/improving-communication-among-physicians-patients-loved/id1410409686?i=1000454670498

Caregiver exposure to critical events and distress in home-based palliative care in Germany a cross-sectional study using theStressful Caregiving Adult Reactions toExperiences of Dying (SCARED) scale

A newly published research in Germany just validated our Stressful Caregiving Adult Reactions to Experiences of Dying (SCARED) scale.

To download the article, please visit this link

The abstract is as below:

Background: Lay family caregivers of patients receiving palliative care often confront stressful situations in the care

of their loved ones. This is particularly true for families in the home-based palliative care settings, where the family... Read More

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