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Psychosocial Support within the Context of Perinatal Palliative Care: The “SORROWFUL” Model

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Against the background of a society that tends to underrate the grief experienced by parents whose infants have died prematurely, the model “SORROWFUL” is presented here with the intent to highlight the significance of the death of a newborn for the ...
Kerstin von der Hude, Lars Garten
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The Use of Mechanical Ventilation Support at the End of Life in Motor Neurone Disease/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Scoping Review

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2022
There has been an increase in the use of mechanical ventilation (MV) in motor neurone disease (MND) to alleviate symptoms related to hypoventilation. Little is known about its use at the end of life, and the withdrawal of MV is a challenging topic.
Eleanor Wilson   +3 more
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Silent Questions: (Not) Talking about Dying in the Pearl River Delta

open access: yesMedicine Anthropology Theory, 2022
This Field Notes contribution describes the difficulty of confronting the topic of dying in conversations with terminally ill persons in the Pearl River Delta region in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and how the ethnographer responded to this ...
Mira Menzfeld
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‘Technology in end-of-life care is very important’: the view of nurses regarding technology and end-of-life care

open access: yesBMC Nursing
Background Globally, digital transformation has been sweeping through healthcare in recent years. Reflecting this global change, Australia’s health and social care sector is also undergoing rapid digitalisation.
Priyanka Vandersman, Jennifer Tieman
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Death and Dying During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tahan Na, Humimlay

open access: yesPhilippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2021
Nagwakas ang araw Lupa’t dagat, langit, pumanaw Tahan na, Humimlay Siyanawa — JF Lapeña, Tahan Na, Humimlay   The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has directly or indirectly claimed the lives of countless colleagues, friends, and family.
José Florencio Lapeña, Jr
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Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Early planning makes for a good death’: residential aged care nurses’ views on caring for those in the last months of life

open access: yesBMC Nursing
Background The residential aged care (RAC) sector provides care to a significant number of older people across frail and vulnerable years, all the way through to death.
Priyanka Vandersman, Jennifer Tieman
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Predicting Risk Factors for Dyslipidemia Based on Health Behaviors by Age in Adults Using Machine Learning

open access: yesApplied Sciences
According to the 2022 Korean Society of Lipidology and Atherosclerosis, in Korea, dyslipidemia is a common disease that occurs in 40.2% of adults aged 20 or older, and its prevalence increases with age. Although dyslipidemia has a high prevalence of 47.8%
Jin-Hui Ku, Jong-Suk Kim, Kwang-Hwan Kim
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Prevalence of 21 Physician‐Defined Severe Toxicities Following Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment: Australian Retrospective Cohort Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, with an overall survival now surpassing 90% in developed countries. However, treatments are not without adverse effects. In this study, we apply the severe toxicity‐free survival (STFS) framework to determine the prevalence of 21 physician‐defined severe ...
Lane Collier   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Angoisse : genèse d’un récit

open access: yesTracés, 2020
Anguish: The Case History of a Dying Trajectory (1970) is an exemplification of the grounded theory approach already developed by the sociologists Anselm Strauss and Barney Glaser in Awareness of Dying (1965) and Time for Dying (1968).
Anthony Stavrianakis, Laurence Tessier
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