David E. Weissman

TL;DR: To explore patients' reluctance to report pain and to use analgesics, 270 patients with cancer completed a 27‐item self‐report questionnaire (BQ) that assessed the extent to which they have concerns about reporting pain and using pain medication.

TL;DR: The term pseudoaddiction is introduced to describe the iatrogenic syndrome of abnormal behavior developing as a direct consequence of inadequate pain management in a 17-year-old with leukemia, pneumonia and chest-wall pain.

TL;DR: By implementing a checklist approach to screening patients for unmet palliative care needs, combined with educational initiatives and other system-change work, hospital staff engaged in day-to-day patient care can identify a majority of such needs, reserving specialty palliatives care services for more complex problems.

TL;DR: There are two main models for intensive care unit-palliative care integration: 1) the “consultative model,” which focuses on increasing the involvement and effectiveness of palliative Care consultants in the care ofintensive care unit patients and their families, particularly those patients identified as at highest risk for poor outcomes.

TL;DR: Some support is provided for the notion that the needs of people with significant dementia can be discerned and treated and the ADD Protocol was associated with a significant decrease in discomfort.