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Is individual educational level related to end-of-life care use? : results from a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Belgium [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Educational level has repeatedly been identified as an important determinant of access to health care, but little is known about its influence on end-of-life care use.
Bilsen, Johan, Bossuyt, Nathalie, Cohen, Joachim, Deliens, Luc, Echteld, Michael, Meeussen, Koen, Van Casteren, Viviane, Van den Block, Lieve   +7 more
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End-of-life care and dementia [PDF]

, 2006
In the UK, research continues to confirm that people with certain chronic illnesses, such as chronic lung disease and cardiac failure, represent the ‘disadvantaged dying’ compared to those with terminal cancer.
Ballard, Clive, Daley, Sarah, Hughes, Julian, Keady, John, Robinson, Louise, Volicer, Ladislav   +5 more
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Improving Care at the End of Life [PDF]

, 2011
Reviews RWJF's investments in improving end-of-life care, impact on the field, and lessons learned, including the need to coordinate objectives, integrate strategies, tie strategies to policy changes and incentives, and link communications and ...
Abby Spector, Elizabeth Thompson, Patricia Patrizi   +2 more
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Economic impact of hospitalisations among patients in the last year of life: An observational study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Hospital admissions among patients at the end of life have a significant economic impact. Avoiding unnecessary hospitalisations has the potential for significant cost savings and is often in line with patient preference.
Addicott R, Altman DG, Balance of Care Group in association with the National Audit Office, Chitnis X, Department of Health, National End of Life Care Programme, Robinson J, Thomas C   +7 more
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Theodicy and End-of-Life Care [PDF]

, 2013
Acknowledgments The section on Islamic perspective is contributed by information provided by Imranali Panjwani, Tutor in Theology & Religious Studies, King's College London.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Al-Ghazali A. H. M., Cobb J., Exline J. J., Farley W., Hick J., Hume D., Inati S. C., John Swinton, Klotz M., Kushner H., Migliore D. L., Moore T., Pargament K., Peteet J. R., Rizzuto A. M., Sadra M., Schneider K. J., Simon Dein, Sulmasy D., Surin K., Swinton J., Syed Qamar Abbas   +21 more
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End-of-life care for non-cancer patients [PDF]

, 2013
[Extract]: The origins and early development of palliative care focussed on patients with cancer, apart from sporadic developments in a few non-malignant diseases such as MND and HIV.
Boland, Jason, Johnson, Miriam J.
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The cultural adaptation of the go wish card game for use in Flanders, Belgium: a public health tool to identify and discuss end-of-life preferences

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Public health tools like the Go Wish card game from the US, have been found useful to support people in reflecting on their end-of-life preferences, but a cultural adaptation is essential for their success. In the present study, we explore the
Charlèss Dupont, Tinne Smets, Fanny Monnet, Malin Eneslätt, Carol Tishelman, Lieve Van den Block   +5 more
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Improving end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards using the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life : study protocol for a phase 3 cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The Care Programme for the Last Days of Life has been developed to improve the quality of end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards.
Cohen, Joachim, Costantini, Massimo, Deliens, Luc, Smets, Tinne, Van Den Noortgate, Nele, Verhofstede, Rebecca   +5 more
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Euthanasia for people with psychiatric disorders or dementia in Belgium: analysis of officially reported cases

BMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background Euthanasia for people who are not terminally ill, such as those suffering from psychiatric disorders or dementia, is legal in Belgium under strict conditions but remains a controversial practice. As yet, the prevalence of euthanasia for people
Sigrid Dierickx, Luc Deliens, Joachim Cohen, Kenneth Chambaere   +3 more
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Which patients received a ReSPECT form, what was documented and what were the patient outcomes? A protocol for a retrospective observational study investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the ReSPECT process

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) is a UK advance care planning (ACP) initiative aiming to standardise the process of creating personalised recommendations for a person’s clinical care in a future emergency ...
Lucy Selman, Charlotte Chamberlain, Adam McDermott, Claire A Woodall, Lucy Victoria Pocock   +4 more
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