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End of life issues

European Journal of Cancer, 2008
Despite advances in cancer survival rates, end of life care remains a vital aspect of cancer management. The use of integrated care pathways can facilitate effective care of dying patients in a generalist setting. However, it remains important that staff are able to recognise the onset of the dying process, not only in order to make symptom control ...
Barbara Coombs Lee, Bryanne L. Jones
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End-of-Life Issues in UK Medical Schools [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2015
Objective: A descriptive study to determine the current status of end-of-life (EOL) issues in UK medical schools.Methods: A brief questionnaire was mailed to the 31 medical schools in the United Kingdom in the spring of 2013.
Dickinson, George, Paul, Liz
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End-of-life issues

Geriatric Nursing, 2001
A patient's desire to discuss end-of-life (EOL) choices may be among the most stressful situations for clinicians. Research confirms the importance of discussions between caregivers and patients or their surrogates about options for current and future care.
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Issues at the End of Life

Orthopaedic Nursing, 1996
A recent study by David Asch reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has intensified discussions about euthanasia and assisted suicide. That investigation has prompted nurses and other health care providers to raise questions about what is appropriate care for dying patients. To that end, this article provides an overview of relevant issues for
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End of life issues

Nursing Management, 2003
A new website with information on the difficult subject of end of life issues has been launched; www.EndofLifeIssues.org.uk The site collates information on topics such as euthanasia, treatment and living wills. A range of clinical and legal sources brings together current research, legislation and opinion on the subject.
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End Of Life: A Workplace Issue

Health Affairs, 2010
Many employers have not placed a priority on addressing end-of-life issues. Yet these issues affect their employees who serve as caregivers to ailing parents and siblings, who experience a health crisis for themselves or a partner, or who care for a critically ill child.
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Ethical Issues at the End of Life

The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, 1998
Although ease of reference dictates that we separate end-of-life issues into subtopics, the connections among these matters are pervasive and vital. For example, we deceive ourselves if we foist off patients' decisions to seek death onto the realm of inviolable autonomy but do not address the economic burdens that may make such choices anything but ...
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