Internet search query analysis can be used to demonstrate the rapidly increasing public awareness of palliative care in the USA

McLean, Sarah; Lennon, Paul; Glare, Paul

doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001171

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“…195 More recently, an internet search query in the USA, has found that public awareness of the term palliative care is growing month by month. 196 Uncertainty and communication for cancer patients is also likely to have a role during treatment. In a qualitative study in intensive care, uncertainty was a pervading feature over the trajectory of care.…”

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Integration of oncology and palliative care: a Lancet Oncology Commission

Kaasa

Loge

Aapro

et al. 2018

The Lancet Oncology

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Presence of palliative care inpatient consultation team Presence of palliative care outpatient clinic Presence of community based / home palliative care Clinical processes (*) Presence of multidisciplinary specialized palliative care team Routine symptom screening in the outpatient oncology clinic Administration of systemic cancer therapy (e.g. chemo and targeted agents) possible in patients admitted to PC service oncology-and palliative care as well as their cultures. Local variations in terms of resources and practices also probably play a role. By acknowledging integration of oncology and PC as a complex process including different parts of the health care system, both horizontally and vertically, and also involving the patient, we propose SCPs as a means for future efforts to promote integration. For the same reasons, this paper will address integration in different panels. Each panel will address different aspects of integration, ranging from how to focus on the patient, to societal changes and new research areas. Introduction of panels Policy-challenges and frameworks Societal challenges Prognostication Patient-centredness-content methodology and clinical implications Models of palliative care integration The role of education: challenges and recommendations Research The commission is an international collaboration between 30 experts in oncology, PC, public health and psycho-oncology. In October 2016 a kick-off meeting was held in Milan where panel leaders were appointed, the structure of the commission was decided, and a plan for the work was agreed upon. During the two following years each panel expanded with experts within the relevant field, conducted topical literature searches, and an interactive writing process was conducted. Both administrative and academic organization were run from Norway, by Stein Kaasa, Jon Håvard Loge and Tonje Lundeby. Policy-challenges and frameworks Questions to be addressed What type of recommendations is given for integration at the national and international level on policy and public health at present? What are the current examples of different practices in organization of palliative care in different national policies in European countries? What kind of policies and approaches are needed for integration of oncology and palliative care? Patient-centredness-content, methodology and clinical implications Questions to be addressed What is patient-centredness? What are the main elements of patient-centred care in practice? How do we involve the family? Communication-a necessary tool for patient-centred care What are the barriers and solutions to succeed? Research Questions to be addressed What are some opportunities and challenges for integrating oncology and palliative care teams to conduct research together? What are some key research priorities related to integration of palliative care and oncology? What are some key research priorities related to symptom assessment and treatment? What are some key research priorities related to psychosocial support, communication and dec...

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integration of oncology and palliative care: a Lancet Oncology Commission

Kaasa

Loge

Aapro

et al. 2018

The Lancet Oncology

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539

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“…Other topics studied using GT data are skin cancer [55], sunscreen use [56], sunburn [57], seasonality of bruxism [58], multiple sclerosis [59], cancer [60], stroke [61], HIV [62], lupus [63], norovirus [64], sepsis [65], pertussis [66], epistaxis [67], plague [68], rheumatoid arthritis [69], and prostate cancer [70]. In terms of general population behavior, research was done using GT data on pharmaceutical data [71], vaccinations [72], movement disorders [73], digital epidemiology [74], kidney stone surgery [75], foot and ankle pain [76], knee injuries [77], osteoarthritis [78], seasonality of cellulitis [79], tracking influenza epidemics using climate data [80], palliative care [81], cosmetic body procedures [82], and anesthesia [83]. GT is also used for forecasting [84], real-time surveillance [85], or prevention [86] of diseases.…”

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confidence: 99%

Google Medical Update: Why Is the Search Engine Decreasing Visibility of Health and Medical Information Websites?

Strzelecki

2020

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The Google search engine answers many health and medical information queries every day. People have become used to searching for this type of information. This paper presents a study which examined the visibility of health and medical information websites. The purpose of this study was to find out why Google is decreasing the visibility of such websites and how to measure this decrease. Since August 2018, Google has been more rigorously rating these websites, since they can potentially impact people’s health. The method of the study was to collect data about the visibility of health and medical information websites in sequential time snapshots. Visibility consists of combined data of unique keywords, positions, and URL results. The sample under study was made up of 21 websites selected from 10 European countries. The findings reveal that in sequential time snapshots, search visibility decreased. The decrease was not dependent on the country or the language. The main reason why Google is decreasing the visibility of such websites is that they do not meet high ranking criteria.

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“…It has been speculated that GT™ can be used to detect success rates of awareness programs and predict infectious outbreaks worldwide. 19 There has been a growing awareness of a disease that has never been seen before in the world in a short time. It can be thought that it attracted the attention of the society because of the disease rapid spread all over the world and causes rapid death in patients with risk factors.…”

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“…An estimated more than 17.6 million deaths per year in 2016 occurred and nearly 30% of worldwide deaths occured due to cardiovascular disease. 1 For the last six months, a novel coronavirus infection as named Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID- 19) and related deaths have an important area in the global agenda. On May 5th 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 3 525 116 confi rmed cases with a 6% (243 545 death) cumulative mortality rate.…”

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