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“End of life decisions, integral palliative care”

, 2020
It is a literature review. It is about the end of life. Concentration is on the public health point of view. It talks about palliative care and euthanasia.
Akume, Sewuese Mary
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Communication at the End of Life

The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 2021
End-of-life patients experience physical, mental, social, and existential distress. While medical personnel provide medication and care to alleviate patients' distress, listening to and interacting with patients remains essential for understanding their psychological condition.
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Education for physicians on end-of-life care (EPEC) participant's handbook. Plenary 3. Elements and models of end-of-life care.

, 1999
17 pages.Describes the role of palliative care and hospice in end-of-life ...
Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project
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Adults' perspectives of experiences and preferences for end-of-life care

, 2023
Background: Decisions about end-of-life care often raise clinical and ethical challenges, especially when the person's capacity to contribute in the decision making at the end of life is limited.
Huang, Ya-Ling, Thorberg, Fred Arne, Wu, Chiung-Jung (Jo), Wang, Shou-Yu, Wu, Chiung-Jung Jo, Lin, Chun-Chih   +5 more
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Evaluating complex interventions in end of life care : the MORECare statement on good practice generated by a synthesis of transparent expert consultations and systematic reviews [PDF]

, 2013
Despite being a core business of medicine, end of life care (EoLC) is neglected. It is hampered by research that is difficult to conduct with no common standards.
Gunn Grande, Morag Farquhar, Chris Todd, Penney Lewis, Gysels, M., Evans, Catherine J, Morgan, M., Higginson, I.J., Harding, Richard, Hollingworth, William, Preston, Nancy, Murray, Scott A, Evans, Catherine J; id_orcid, Paul McCrone, Richard Harding, Matthew Hotopf, Preston, N., Farquhar, M., Myfanwy Morgan, Murray, Scott A., Hamid Benalia, Higginson, Irene J., Evans, Catherine J., Benalia, H., Marjolein Gysels, Morgan, Myfanwy, ?, ?, Nancy Preston, Lewis, P., Fayers, P., Hotopf, Matthew, Irene J Higginson, Benalia, Abdelhamid, Peter Fayers, Evans, C.J., Fayers, Peter, Hotopf, M., Lewis, Penney, Scott A Murray, Higginson, Irene J; id_orcid, Catherine J Evans, Benalia, Hamid, Todd, Chris; id_orcid, Grande, Gunn, Todd, Chris, Todd, C., Grande, G., Gysels, Marjolein, Higginson, Irene J, MCrone, P., Harding-Swale, Richard, McCrone, Paul, Murray, S.A., Farquhar, Morag, Harding, R.   +54 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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Gender and end of life care work

In this chapter, we explore the gendered nature of unpaid care work and consider the implications for how such work is understood, experienced, and valued at the end of life.
Slark, Julia, Gott, Merryn, Morgan, Tessa, Williams, Lisa   +3 more
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Anticipatory prescribing in end-of-life care [PDF]

, 2014
Anticipatory prescriptions are often issued by GPs for patients nearing the end of life, ahead of symptoms they may experience. These prescriptions are often activated by nurses.
Seymour, Jane E., Brown, Jayne, Wilson, Eleanor, Morbey, Hazel, Seymour, Jane, Payne, Sheila, Seale, Clive   +6 more
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Quality of life in end of life

GeroScience
Assessing quality of life (QOL) in end-of-life patients is vital for understanding the complex impacts of terminal illnesses on individual well-being. This study aims to compare two widely used QOL assessment tools: the Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPSS) and the Short-Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey among patients with late-stage diseases. KPSS, a
Valeriani, Lavinia, Carrano, Barbara, Vecchio, Fabrizio   +2 more
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Issues surrounding end-of-life decision-making

, 2013
Vickram Tejwani,1,* YiFan Wu,1,* Sabrina Serrano,2 Luis Segura,2 Michael Bannon,3 Qi Qian1 1Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, 2Mayo Graduate School, 3Department of Trauma, Critical Care, and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic ...
Wu YF, Serrano S, Bannon M, Segura L, Qian Q, Tejwani V   +5 more
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