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Trials, 2019 Background Critical illness increases the risk for poor mental health outcomes among both patients and their informal caregivers, especially their surrogate decision-makers.
Holly G. Prigerson +13 more
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Improving end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards using the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life : study protocol for a phase 3 cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2015 Background: The Care Programme for the Last Days of Life has been developed to improve the quality of end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards.
Cohen, Joachim +5 more
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe +3 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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The role of histone modifications in transcription regulation upon DNA damage
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This review discusses the critical role of histone modifications in regulating gene expression during the DNA damage response (DDR). By modulating chromatin structure and recruiting repair factors, these post‐translational modifications fine‐tune transcriptional programmes to maintain genomic stability.
Angelina Job Kolady, Siyao Wang
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2019 Background Notwithstanding fears of overly permissive approaches and related pleas to refuse euthanasia for psychological suffering, some Belgian hospitals have declared that such requests could be admissible.
M. Verhofstadt +4 more
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Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang +9 more
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QUALITY OF LIFE AT END OF LIFE [PDF]
Journal of Renal Care, 2012 SUMMARYPatients with chronic kidney disease, particularly those with diabetes, often have a heavy burden of vascular comorbidity and hence a poor overall prognosis. Unfortunately, patients and their healthcare teams often have unrealistic expectations about outcomes and receive ineffective and often harmful interventions towards their end of life.
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Spiritual care at the end of life: whose job is it? [PDF]
, 2010 Interest in and recognition of the function of religious and spiritual coping in adjustment to serious illness has been growing. In particular, there has been increasing interest in the importance of understanding and valuing patients' individual ...
Psaila, Claudia, Watts, Jacqueline H.
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Predictors of spiritual care provision for patients with dementia at the end of life as perceived by physicians : a prospective study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Spiritual caregiving is part of palliative care and may contribute to well being at the end of life. However, it is a neglected area in the care and treatment of patients with dementia.
Deliens, Luc +3 more
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