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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from PPO Investigations: End-of-Life Care [PDF]

, 2013
With a large and ageing prison population, the Prison Service has to deal with more foreseeable deaths from terminal and incurable illnesses than ever before. This brings new challenges for both prison regimes and prison facilities to accommodate the end

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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Timely short-term specialised palliative home care for older people with frailty and their family: a mixed-methods pilot randomised controlled trial and process evaluation

BMJ Open
Objective The primary study aims were to evaluate the implementation, mechanisms and context of a timely short-term specialised palliative care intervention for older people with frailty (Frailty+ intervention) as well as to assess the feasibility of a ...
, Lieve Van den Block, Kim de Nooijer, Lara Pivodic, Peter Pype, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Rose Miranda, Kim Eecloo, Stefanie De Buyser, Aurelie Joos, Katlijn Van Mulders   +10 more
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Characteristics and outcomes of peer consultations for assisted dying request assessments: Cross-sectional survey study among attending physicians

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundIn most jurisdictions where assisted dying practices are legal, attending physicians must consult another practitioner to assess the patient's eligibility.
Stijn Vissers, Stijn Vissers, Sigrid Dierickx, Sigrid Dierickx, Luc Deliens, Luc Deliens, Freddy Mortier, Freddy Mortier, Joachim Cohen, Kenneth Chambaere, Kenneth Chambaere   +10 more
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The development of a questionnaire to assess the attitudes of older people to end-of-life issues (AEOLI)

, 2005
Objectives: To develop an end-of-life attitudes questionnaire for use in a large community-based sample of older people. Design: Nominal groups and standardization of questions.
Addington-Hall, J., Blanchard, M., Blizard, R., Catt, S., King, M., Zis, M.   +5 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of interactive web-based tools to stimulate reflection and communication about advance care planning with people with dementia and their family caregivers

BMC Palliative Care
Background People with dementia and their family caregivers often encounter challenges in engaging in advance care planning (ACP), such as a lack of information and difficulties in engaging in ACP conversations.
Fanny Monnet, Lara Pivodic, Charlèss Dupont, Tinne Smets, Aline De Vleminck, Chantal Van Audenhove, Lieve Van den Block   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source