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JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 19, Issue 7, Pages 698-705Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0464
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, ORDR
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Rare diseases are often life-limiting conditions, the majority of which require constant caregiving needs. The realization of a spectrum of palliative care throughout the trajectory of rare diseases could ensure individualized and caregiver-focused approaches to the care of patients and families. In June 2015, the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the lead institute at the National Institutes of Health for end-of-life research, in conjunction with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) held an interdisciplinary workshop on the unique challenges of caregiving and palliative care in adult and pediatric rare diseases. The panel identified gaps in current knowledge, and afforded suggestions for research opportunities in palliative care science to improve the care of individuals with serious, advanced, rare diseases and their caregivers. This meeting provided an in-depth opportunity to incorporate new concepts into palliative and end-of-life care for individuals with a range of rare diseases and their caregivers. This report presents a summary of the workshop.
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