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Approaching the end of life and dying with dementia in care homes : the accounts of family carers. [PDF]
, 2010 Research into end of life and dying with dementia in care homes from the family carer's perspective is limited. From the available evidence, it appears that family carers find themselves in an unfamiliar situation about which they lack knowledge and ...
Keady, J. +7 more
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, 2023 This article will reflect on a case study from practice in which end-of-life care (EOLC) was initiated for a patient, after a period of hesitation. It will explore the possible reasons for this delay, especially in relation to the withdrawal of medical ...
Mortimore, G., Farrington, L.
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Transitions at the end of life for older adults - patient, carer and professional perspectives [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundThe end of life may be a time of high service utilisation for older adults. Transitions between care settings occur frequently, but may produce little improvement in symptom control or quality of life for patients.
Gunn Grande +20 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.
Keady, John +5 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Hastening death in end-of-life care: A survey of doctors [PDF]
, 2009 This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Social Science & Medicine. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural ...
Seale, C
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A national Position Statement on adult end-of-life care in critical care
, 2021 Patient death in critical care is not uncommon. Rather, the provision of end-of-life care is a core feature of critical care nursing, yet not all nurses feel adequately prepared for their role in the provision of end-of-life care.
Butler, Ashleigh +9 more
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Brief encounters: end of life decision-making in critical care [PDF]
, 2005 The health care system has, in many respects, been developed to oppose suffering. Yet health care’s almost compulsive urge to treat death as the enemy and to battle disease and injury with all available technology unavoidably results in suffering for ...
Sundin-Huard, Deborah
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