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Life at the end of life: beliefs about individual life after death and "good death" models - a qualitative study [PDF]
, 2003 BACKGROUND: Different ideas of "good death" may influence the effectiveness of end-of-life care in patients with different ethos. This study aimed to identify the influence of believing in individual life after death on "good death" models. METHODS: Semi
Boeri, Paolo +3 more
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Psychosocial Support within the Context of Perinatal Palliative Care: The “SORROWFUL” Model
Children, 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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Studies on the rejection of the transplanted homologous dog liver. [PDF]
, 1961 Dogs in which livers have been replaced with hepatic homografts usually die in 5 to 10 days. Liver metabolism is not detectably abnormal at first, but gradual deterioration of function commences on the fourth or fifth day.
BROCK, DR +3 more
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Brain 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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End-stage head and neck cancer: coping mechanism [PDF]
, 2017 Coping mechanisms are patients’ means of adapting to stressful situations and involve psychological and physical changes in behavior. Patients adapt to head and neck cancer in a variety of ways.
Berteşteanu, Serban V.G. +3 more
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Silent Questions: (Not) Talking about Dying in the Pearl River Delta
Medicine 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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Death and Dying During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tahan Na, Humimlay
Philippine 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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BMC NursingBackground 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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Applied SciencesAccording 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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Review: Factors Relating to Nurses\u27 Caring Behaviors for Dying Patients [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Nowadays, caring for patients at the end of life becomes an indicator of the quality of care in a hospital. Nurses are the key people to provide care for dying patients, therefore caring behaviors of nurses could affect the quality of care ...
Nilmanat, K. (Kittikorn) +1 more
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