Parents' experiences of initiation of paediatric advance care planning discussions: A qualitative study [PDF]
, 2021 Advance care planning enables parents to discuss their goal and wishes for the future treatment and care of their life-limited or life-threatened child.
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Clinical commissioning of an adaptive radiotherapy platform: Results and recommendations
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Online adaptive radiotherapy platforms present a unique challenge for commissioning as guidance is lacking and specialized adaptive equipment, such as deformable phantoms, are rare. We designed a novel adaptive commissioning process consisting of end‐to‐end tests using standard clinical resources.
Kelly Kisling +5 more
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Advance care planning in older hospitalised patients following an emergency admission: A mixed methods study. [PDF]
, 2021 INTRODUCTION: Although advance care planning may be beneficial for older adults in the last year of life, its relevance following an emergency hospitalisation requires further investigation.
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Why have Advance Directives failed in Spain?
BMC Medical Ethics, 2020 Background In Spain, there has been great effort by lawmakers to put Advance Directives (ADs) into practice since 2002. At the same time, the field of bioethics has been on the rise, a discipline that has spurred debate on the right of patients to ...
Benjamín Herreros +5 more
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Pediatric advance care planning from the perspective of health care professionals: a qualitative interview study. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Pediatric advance care planning differs from the adult setting in several aspects, including patients' diagnoses, minor age, and questionable capacity to consent. So far, research has largely neglected the professionals' perspective.
Borasio, G.D. +3 more
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Advance care planning in Asian culture.
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2020 Ageing has been recognized as one of the most critically important health-care issues worldwide. It is relevant to Asia, where the increasing number of older populations has drawn attention to the paramount need for health-care investment, particularly ...
Shao-Yi Cheng +6 more
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Statistical process control to monitor use of a web‐based autoplanning tool
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Purpose To investigate the use of statistical process control (SPC) for quality assurance of an integrated web‐based autoplanning tool, Radiation Planning Assistant (RPA). Methods Automatically generated plans were downloaded and imported into two treatment planning systems (TPSs), RayStation and Eclipse, in which they were recalculated using ...
Hunter Mehrens +5 more
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Treatment planning with a 2.5 MV photon beam for radiation therapy
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Purpose The shallow depth of maximum dose and higher dose fall‐off gradient of a 2.5 MV beam along the central axis that is available for imaging on linear accelerators is investigated for treatment of shallow tumors and sparing the organs at risk (OARs) beyond it.
Navid Khaledi +5 more
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An Analytics-based Decision Support System for Resource Planning under Heterogeneous Service Demand of Nursing Home Residents [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Nursing homes (NHs) are critical healthcare infrastructures for caring frail older adults with 24/7 formal care and personal assistance. Adequate NH resource planning is of great importance to ensure desired quality of care and resident outcomes yet challenging.
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Advance Care Planning in Faith Communities: A Quality Improvement Project [PDF]
, 2022 This quality improvement project examined the impact of providing an advance care planning training tool to faith community nurses in the community setting on advance care planning knowledge, self-efficacy, and implementation of advance care planning ...
Chung, Catherine +3 more
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