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The BOOST paediatric advance care planning intervention for adolescents with cancer and their parents: development, acceptability and feasibility

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Although advance care planning (ACP) has been widely recommended to support patient and family engagement in understanding the patient’s values, preferences and goals of care, there are only a few models in paediatric oncology that capture ACP
Anne van Driessche, Joni Gilissen, Aline De Vleminck, Marijke Kars, Jurrianne Fahner, Jutte van der Werff ten Bosch, Luc Deliens, Joachim Cohen, Kim Beernaert   +8 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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Time, timing, talking and training : findings from an exploratory action research study to improve quality of end of life care for minority ethnic kidney patients [PDF]

, 2017
Background. With an ageing and increasingly diverse population at risk from rising levels of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including kidney complications, there is a need to provide quality care at all stages in the care pathway including
Brown, Edwina, Da Silva Gane, Maria, Farrington, Ken, Magee, Regina, Mir, Tahira, Randhawa, Gurch, Sharman, Sue, Stoves, John, Warwick, Graham, Wilkinson, Emma   +9 more
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Exploring access to end of life care for ethnic minorities with end stage kidney disease through recruitment in action research [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Variation in provision of palliative care in kidney services and practitioner concerns to provide equitable access led to the development of this study which focussed on the perspectives of South Asian patients and their care providers.
A Worth, C Pentheny O’Kelly De, D Coleman, E Wilkinson, Edwina Brown, Emma Wilkinson, F Murtagh, G Randhawa, Graham Warwick, Gurch Randhawa, J Kai, J Koffman, J Reit Papp Van, J Ritchie, JE Somerville, John Stoves, Ken Farrington, M Silva Gane Da, M Silva Gane Da, Maria Da Silva Gane, N Evans, P Roderick, Regina Magee, S Chandna, S Davison, S Gunda, Sue Sharman, Tahira Akhtar   +27 more
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Care and compassion at the end of life [PDF]

, 2012
Aim: To examine the provision of the ‘end of life care strategy’ and the perception of provision by patients and carers. Introduction: In determining what constitutes excellence in care at the end of life, one must firstly acknowledge ‘what care and ...
Brown, Michelle
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A systematic review and critical appraisal of quality indicators to assess optimal palliative care for older people with dementia [PDF]

, 2019
© The Author(s) 2019Background: A challenge for commissioners and providers of end-of-life care in dementia is to translate recommendations for good or effective care into quality indicators that inform service development and evaluation.
Claire Goodman, Cohen J, De Koning J, Elizabeth L Sampson, Higginson I., Louise Robinson, Murtagh F., Sarah Amador, Volicer L   +8 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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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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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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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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