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BMC Nursing, 2022 Background End-of-life care can be a difficult and challenging process for critical care nurses in intensive care units (ICUs) due to the care plan shifts from providing life-sustaining measures to end-of-life care.
Mu-Hsing Ho +4 more
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Personalized Zebrafish Models for Fusion‐Positive Pediatric Sarcomas
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Clinical sequencing efforts have revolutionized our approaches to categorizing pediatric cancers in real time. This has dramatically improved our ability to profile pediatric tumors, identify actionable vulnerabilities, and influence clinical care.
Lisa H. Hall +2 more
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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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The Role of “Adult‐Onset” Cancer Predisposition Genes in Pediatric Cancer: A Comprehensive Review
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Current literature estimates that 10% of pediatric cancers are caused by pathogenic or likely pathogenic (P/LP) germline variants in cancer predisposition genes (CPGs). Variants in CPGs thought to increase cancer risk exclusively during adulthood are referred to as “adult‐onset” CPGs (aoCPGs).
Maria Rozo +5 more
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Prevalence of Advance Directives and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in Community Nursing Facilities [PDF]
, 1994 OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of advance directives and do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders in nursing homes and to measure the effect of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) and patient characteristics on these prevalences.
Zweig, Steven, Terry, Martha
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An [Imperfect] Case for Dyadic Research in Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Stephanie M. Nanos +2 more
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Health Literacy, Self‐Efficacy and Knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin leads to severe anaemia, painful crises and organ failure. Caregivers’ health literacy (HL) – their ability to assess, understand and apply information, and interact with healthcare professionals – is crucial for managing children with SCD, yet ...
Melanie Bruinooge +6 more
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Advance Directives: What Have We Learned So Far? [PDF]
, 1993 As a result of the recent intense focus on advance directives, it is now possible to resolve several questions. It is clear that instructional directives are best able to represent a patient's wishes in the clinical context if they make use of scenario ...
Emanuel, Linda
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End-of-Life Care in the 21st Century: Advance Directives in Universal Rights Discourse [PDF]
, 2010 This article explores universal normative bases that could help to shape a workable legal construct that would facilitate a global use of advance directives.
Be?irevié, Violeta
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BMC Palliative Care, 2018 Background In France, advance directives are favourably perceived by most of the population, although the drafting rate is low. This ambivalence is challenging because advance directives are meant to promote the autonomy and freedom of choice of patients.
S. Trarieux-Signol +8 more
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