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From shared values through creative refusal and contemporary pragmatism: Enacting culturally and contextually appropriate palliative care services in a South African hospice service

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
As part of a larger study, we explore a hospice service delivered in Cape Town as part of a leading hospice organization. The hospice service was established during the apartheid era but is committed to inclusion and celebrating South African diversity ...
Michelle Petersen-Damon, Leslie Swartz
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Grieving the death of someone close

, 2008
Information leaflet on coping with the death of someone close.
Irish Hospice Foundation
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Impact of a hospice rapid response service on preferred place of death, and costs [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Many people with a terminal illness would prefer to die at home. A new palliative rapid response service (RRS) provided by a large hospice provider in South East England was evaluated (2010) to provide evidence of impact on achieving ...
Holdsworth, LM, Caragh Flannery, Flannery, C, Butler, C, Gage, Heather, Heather Gage, Flannery, Caragh, Laura M. Holdsworth, Williams, P, Claire Butler, Holdsworth, Laura M., Williams, Peter, Peter Williams, Butler, Claire   +13 more
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Adding lateral retinacular release to medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction reconstruction has no effect on patellar height: A prospective randomised controlled trial

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the effect of medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction with or without lateral retinacular release (LRR) on patellar height in patients with recurrent patellar dislocation (RPD). It was hypothesised that the addition of LRR would not significantly modify patellar height compared with isolated MPFL reconstruction.
François Fauré, Julien Erard, Enrico Festa, Cécile Batailler, Elvire Servien   +4 more
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The Utilization of Palliative Care Services in Patients with Cirrhosis who have been Denied Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Retrospective Review

Annals of Hepatology, 2017
Introduction and Aim: Utilization of palliative care services in patients dying of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) is understudied. We performed a retrospective review of palliative care services among patients with ESLD unsuitable for liver ...
Sean G. Kelly, Toby C. Campbell, Luke Hillman, Adnan Said, Michael R. Lucey, Parul D. Agarwal   +5 more
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Preoperative and postoperative risk factors for arthrogenic muscle inhibition in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A retrospective study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose This study aimed to identify preoperative and postoperative risk factors associated with the development of arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI) in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The hypothesis was that distinct risk factors contribute to the occurrence of preoperative and postoperative AMI ...
Gregory Morel, Alexandre Rambaud, Rodolphe Testa, Hugo Moron, Edouard Ollier, Alban Stordeur, Remi Philippot, Thomas Neri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whole Person Care in philanthropy - healing & giving

International Journal of Whole Person Care
Static reimbursement, rising expenses and decreasing margins for hospice and palliative care programs in the US, limit funding for innovative and creative education, care-giver well-being and resilience efforts and workforce development.
Glen Komatsu
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Facing Pressure from Hospices, CMS Amends Prior Authorization Drug Policy

Voices in Bioethics, 2014
Under pressure from hospices nationwide experiencing financial and administrative strain, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has revised its own guidance that was intended to help avoid duplicate payments for prescription drugs.
Randi Belisomo
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Irish Hospice Foundation Perspectives Series: Number 1

, 2013
First report of the Irish Hospice Foundation's perspectives series examines palliative care from an all encompassing perspective which includes primary, secondary and tertiary care; patients of all ages and diagnoses; and all care settings.
Irish Hospice Foundation
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"My Preference would be to be at Home": Patients' Experiences of their Hospice at Home Care [PDF]

, 2014
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.A specialist 'Hospice at Home' (HaH) service commenced in 2006 in Mid West Ireland whereby participants received palliative care from a specialist team in their own home.
Armstrong, Claire, Armstrong, C, Taylor, Ann, McKay, EA, Taylor, A, McKay, Elizabeth   +5 more
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