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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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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decision making among the oldest old (80+ years) in Switzerland, focusing not only on treatments withheld or withdrawn but also on those continued until death ...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 +5 more
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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 +5 more
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BMJ, 2005 Clinical decisions are increasingly shaped by legal judgments In July this year the court of appeal allowed the appeal of the General Medical Council (GMC) in the case of R (Burke) v the GMC,1 setting aside the high court declaration that the GMC guidance on withholding and withdrawing life prolonging treatment was unlawful and in breach of human ...
Samanta, Jo, Samanta, Ash
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, 2023 What Matters in the End is the culmination of a three-year multi-method, multi-disciplinary research initiative investigating the end-of-life needs of culturally diverse people living in Western Sydney.
Thomson, Jody (R20910) +4 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2017 Background Euthanasia for people who are not terminally ill, such as those suffering from psychiatric disorders or dementia, is legal in Belgium under strict conditions but remains a controversial practice. As yet, the prevalence of euthanasia for people
Sigrid Dierickx +3 more
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Family & bystander experiences of emergency ambulance services care: a scoping review
BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023 Background Emergency ambulance personnel respond to a variety of incidents in the community, including medical, trauma and obstetric emergencies. Family and bystanders present on scene may provide first aid, reassurance, background information or even ...
Eillish Satchell +6 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Introduction There is limited evidence regarding the effectiveness of timely integration of short-term specialised palliative care services for older people in primary care.
Lieve Van den Block +4 more
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Public health tools like the Go Wish card game from the US, have been found useful to support people in reflecting on their end-of-life preferences, but a cultural adaptation is essential for their success. In the present study, we explore the
Charlèss Dupont +5 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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