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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, Ueli Zellweger, Georg Bosshard, Matthias Bopp, for the Swiss Medical End-of-Life Decisions Study Group   +4 more
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Factors associated with length of stay in care homes: a systematic review of international literature

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, Thomas J. Keegan, Lesley Dunleavy, Katherine Froggatt   +3 more
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Suffering and the end of life [PDF]

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021
Relief of suffering is an important goal of medicine and aligns with the professional maxim of ‘do no harm’ and the bioethical principle of non‐maleficence. Capturing what individuals experience or third‐parties sense in terms of suffering is difficult, made harder in the patient who is too young or not able to tell us.
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Belgian psychiatrists’ attitudes towards, and readiness to engage in, euthanasia assessment procedures with adults with psychiatric conditions: a survey

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Although the Belgian assessment pathway for legal euthanasia requires the engagement of at least one psychiatrist, little is known about psychiatrists’ attitudes towards euthanasia for adults with psychiatric conditions (APC).
Monica Verhofstadt, Kurt Audenaert, Kris Van den Broeck, Luc Deliens, Freddy Mortier, Koen Titeca, Koen Pardon, Kenneth Chambaere   +7 more
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Consultation of parents and healthcare professionals in end-of-life decision-making for neonates and infants: a population-level mortality follow-back physician survey

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background End-of-life decisions with potential life-shortening effect in neonates and infants are common. We aimed to evaluate how often and in what manner neonatologists consult with parents and other healthcare providers in these cases, and whether ...
Laure Dombrecht, Filip Cools, Joachim Cohen, Luc Deliens, Linde Goossens, Gunnar Naulaers, Kim Beernaert, Kenneth Chambaere   +7 more
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Toward Optimal End-of-Life Care for Patients with Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from a Multicentre Study

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2008
BACKGROUND: Understanding patients’ needs and perspectives is fundamental to improving end-of-life (EOL) care. However, little is known of what quality care means to patients who have advanced lung disease.
Graeme M Rocker, Peter M Dodek, Daren K Heyland, for the Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network   +3 more
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Pharmacotherapy at the end-of-life [PDF]

Age and Ageing, 2011
Older people reaching end-of-life status are particularly at risk from inter-related adverse effects of pharmacotherapy, including polypharmacy, inappropriate medications and adverse drug events. These adverse effects of pharmacotherapy may be highly detrimental, as well as highly expensive.
O'Mahony, Denis, O'Connor, Marie N
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Advance care planning for adolescents with cancer and their parents: study protocol of the BOOST pACP multi-centre randomised controlled trial and process evaluation

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background Research has highlighted the need for evidence-based interventions to improve paediatric advance care planning (pACP) in adolescents with cancer.
Anne van Driessche, Aline De Vleminck, Joni Gilissen, Marijke C. Kars, Jutte van der Werff ten Bosch, Luc Deliens, Joachim Cohen, Kim Beernaert   +7 more
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Medical end-of-life decisions in the oldest old in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
AIMS OF THE STUDY To analyse medical end-of-life decision making among the oldest old (80+ years) in Switzerland, focusing not only on treatments withheld or withdrawn but also on those continued until death ...
Kathrin Hug, Yolanda W.H. Penders, Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, Matthias Bopp, Georg Bosshard, for the Swiss End-of-Life Decisions Study Group   +5 more
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Overlapping borders: limit of viability and late terminations of pregnancy – a retrospective multicentre observational study

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
AIMS OF THE STUDY Based on an incidental observation made in the context of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Project 67 “End-of-life decision-making in extremely low birth weight infants in Switzerland”, this retrospective ...
Fabienne Berger, Hans U. Bucher, Jean-Claude Fauchère, Sven M. Schulzke, Thomas M. Berger, for the Swiss End-of-Life Study Group   +5 more
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