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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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End-of-Life Care, Not End-of-Life Spending [PDF]
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 2018 exaly +3 more sources
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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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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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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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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The End of Life, The Ends of Life: An Anthropological View [PDF]
Journal of the Islamic Medical Association of North America, 2012 All known human societies have a worldview that deserves to be called religion; all religions must explain death. Anthropologists study the diversity of religious systems, present and past, in order to understand what is common to humanity. Rather than starting from the view of a particular revelation or set of doctrines, the anthropologist tries to ...
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Quality of life at the end of life [PDF]
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2007 Little is known about self-perceived quality of life (QOL) near the end of life, because such information is difficult to collect and to interpret. Here, we describe QOL in the weeks near death and determine correlates of QOL over time, with emphasis on accounting for death and missing data.Data on QOL were collected approximately every week in an ...
Downey Lois +5 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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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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