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The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum, 2005 Science and technology have offered medical therapies the potential to treat serious illnesses where once the medical professionals could only provide comfort. Physicians feel the need to aggressively fight against illness and death.
Dr. Anjum S. Joad
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BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Background Advance care planning (ACP), a process of communication about patients’ preferences for future medical care, should be initiated in a timely manner. Ideally situated for this initiation is the general practitioner (GP).
Julie Stevens +5 more
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Journal of Aging Research, 2011 Changes in medical technology have transformed the end of life not only in length but in complexity. The final phase of life poses challenges for patients, families, healthcare providers, and policy decision-makers and encompasses a wide range of topics such as service delivery, health economics, family dynamics, medical decision-making, and advance ...
Laraine Winter +3 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background Little is known about the nature and intensity of palliative care needs of hospitalised older people. We aimed to describe the palliative care symptoms, concerns, and well-being of older people with frailty and complex care needs upon ...
Kim de Nooijer +4 more
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2023 Background Advance care planning (ACP) is a process that enables individuals to define goals and preferences for their future care. It is particularly relevant for people with dementia and their family. Interactive tools, such as websites, that encourage
Charlèss Dupont +6 more
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Physician-related determinants of medical end-of-life decisions - A mortality follow-back study in Switzerland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Medical end-of-life decisions (MELD) and shared decision-making are increasingly important issues for a majority of persons at the end of life. Little is known, however, about the impact of physician characteristics on these practices.
Matthias Bopp +5 more
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Exploring a New Model of End-of-Life Care for Older People That Operates in the Space Between the Life World and the Healthcare System: A Qualitative Case Study [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2020 Background Innovative service models to facilitate end-of-life care for older people may be required to enable and bolster networks of care. The aim of this study was to understand how and why a new charitably funded service model of end-of-life care ...
Steven Dodd +3 more
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Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2019 Background : Advance care planning (ACP) allows patients to declare their preferences for life-sustaining and hospice palliative care. However, the perception of ACP remains low in Korea.
Ji Eun Lee +4 more
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Medical end-of-life practices in Swiss cultural regions: a death certificate study
BMC Medicine, 2018 Background End-of-life decisions remain controversial. Switzerland, with three main languages shared with surrounding countries and legal suicide assistance, allows exploration of the effects of cultural differences on end-of-life practices within the ...
Samia A. Hurst +4 more
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Systematic Reviews, 2019 Background A number of studies have explored factors associated with resident length of stay in care homes; however the findings of these studies have not been synthesized.
Danni Collingridge Moore +3 more
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