title: Update in palliative care--2011.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this update is to summarize scientifically rigorous articles published in 2010 that serve to advance the field of palliative medicine and have an impact on clinical practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted two separate literature searches for articles published between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010. We reviewed title pages from the Annals of Internal Medicine, British Medical Journal, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology, JGIM, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, PC-FACS (Fast Article Critical Summaries for Clinicians in Palliative Care). We also conducted a Medline search with the key words "palliative," "hospice," and "terminal" care. Each author presented approximately 20 abstracts to the group. All authors reviewed these abstracts, and when needed, full text publications. We focused on articles relevant to general internists. We rated the articles individually, eliminating by consensus those that were not deemed of highest priority, and discussed the final choices as a group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We first identified 126 articles with potential relevance. We presented 20 at the annual SGIM update session, and discuss 11 in this paper.
authors: Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2020 Zonal Avenue, IRD 310, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. pfharris@usc.edu
authors: Patricia F
authors: PF
authors: Harris
authors: Robert M
authors: RM
authors: Arnold
authors: Ursula K
authors: UK
authors: Braun
authors: Erik
authors: E
authors: Fromme
authors: Rahwa
authors: R
authors: Ghermay
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Harman
authors: Robert L
authors: RL
authors: Jayes
authors: Anne M
authors: AM
authors: Walling
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D003657:Decision Making; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods; D010166:Palliative Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care