Resources for the branch of clinical medicine that deals with pain and symptom relief and emotional support in patients with terminal illnesses including cancer and heart failure.
Provides access to medical textbooks, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessments, case files, time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools.
Provides access to information on the diagnosis, treatment, medications, and follow-up of diseases and conditions, as well as related illnesses typically associated with certain diseases and conditions.
DynaMed delivers the most current and accurate, evidence-based content for practicing clinicians. Includes useful information to healthcare professionals at the point of care to improve health outcomes worldwide and multidisciplinary and objective surveys in emergent scientific literature and clinical practice guidelines.
Designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice and to do so quickly and easily so that it can be used right at the point of care. Physician editors and authors review and update content on a continuous basis and a new, peer-reviewed version is issued every four months. The published evidence is summarized and specific recommendations made for patient care. Drug interactions are included.
Comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher sites. Be sure to use this link to see full-text options available through Madigan Library.
Full text coverage of peer-reviewed, scholarly journals in social sciences, business, humanities, science, medicine, dentistry, radiology, nursing, emergency medicine, biology, materials science, engineering, and sports medicine.
Monitors trends in the supply, provision, and use of the major sectors of paid, regulated long-term care services. Uses survey data on the residential care community and adult day services sectors, and administrative data on the home health, nursing home, and hospice sectors.
Information from the Office on Aging of the American Psychological Association to help address the topic of palliative care and end of life issues. Information provided includes policy statements and resources for individuals with serious or life-limiting illness and their care partners.
