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Prevalence, content and significance of advance care planning in nursing home patients
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022 Objective Studies on advance care planning in nursing homes are rare, and despite their demonstrated favourable effects on end-of-life care, advance care plans are often lacking.
L. Kastbom +4 more
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BMJ Open, 2019 Introduction Advance care planning (ACP), an ongoing communication and planning process, aims to clarify a person’s values and preferences, so these guide decision-making if the person becomes unable to make his or her own decisions. Ideally, ACP results
Karen M Detering +6 more
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Implementing advance care planning in routine nursing home care : the development of the theory-based ACP+ program [PDF]
, 2019 Background While various initiatives have been taken to improve advance care planning in nursing homes, it is difficult to find enough details about interventions to allow comparison, replication and translation into practice. Objectives We report on the
Deliens, Luc +7 more
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Aggressive Behavior, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 5-14, January 2023., 2023 Abstract This study uses longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (N = 13,277) to examine the childhood and early adolescence factors that predict weapon involvement in middle adolescence, which in this study is exemplified by having carried or used a weapon.
Aase Villadsen, Emla Fitzsimons
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Voices in Bioethics, 2014 In his 2010 New Yorker piece titled “Letting Go,” Dr. Atul Gawande discusses the case of Sara Thomas Monopoli, a 34-year-old woman with inoperable and metastatic lung cancer.
Mytra Haerizadeh, Dylan Marshall
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Positive attitudes to advance care planning – a Norwegian general population survey
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Authorities recommend advance care planning and public acceptance of it is a prerequisite for widespread implementation. Therefore, we did the first study of the Norwegian public with an aim of getting knowledge on their attitudes to issues ...
Trygve Johannes L. Sævareid +2 more
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Factors modulating 99mTc‐MAA planar lung dosimetry for 90Y radioembolization
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Purpose To investigate the accuracy and biases of predicted lung shunt fraction (LSF) and lung dose (LD) calculations via 99mTc‐macro‐aggregated albumin (99mTc‐MAA) planar imaging for treatment planning of 90Y‐microsphere radioembolization.
Benjamin P. Lopez +4 more
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"Don't talk to them about goals of care": Understanding disparities in advance care planning.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2021 BACKGROUND Structurally marginalized groups experience disproportionately low rates of advance care planning (ACP). To improve equitable patient-centered end-of-life care, we examine barriers and facilitators to ACP among clinicians as they are central ...
D. Ashana +9 more
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Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Purpose A set of treatment planning strategies were designed and retrospectively implemented for locally advanced, non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in order to minimize cardiac dose without compromising target coverage goals. Methods Retrospective analysis was performed for 20 NSCLC patients prescribed to 60–66 Gy that received a ...
Joshua P. Kim +5 more
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Advance care planning in adults with oral cancer: Multi‐institutional cross‐sectional study
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021 Purpose Patients undergoing head and neck surgery are often elderly and frail with significant comorbidities. Discussion and documentation of what patients would desire for end‐of‐life care and decision‐making is, therefore, essential for delivering ...
David Forner +6 more
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