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Knowledge and Attitude toward Hospice Palliative Care among Community-Dwelling Aged Taiwanese—Analysis of Related Factors

International Journal of Gerontology, 2012
Background: This study was conducted to investigate the knowledge and attitude toward hospice palliative care (HPC) among the elderly, defined as 65 years of age and older, living in the metropolitan area of Taiwan.
Ching-Ping Hsu, Hong-Wen Chen, Shih-Yi Lee, Meng-Ting Tsou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Venetoclax‐Based Therapy as a Bridge to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) pediatric acute leukemia carries a dismal prognosis, largely driven by chemoresistance to conventional salvage therapy. The BH3‐mimetic venetoclax, combined with chemotherapy or hypomethylating agents, has demonstrated efficacy in small clinical trials.
Katherine S. Colman, Deborah Meyran, Vajiranee Malalasekera, Heather Weerdenburg, Janine Campbell, Rachel Conyers, Stacie Wang, Hannah Walker, Seong Lin Khaw, Diane Hanna   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic cough diagnosis, treatment, and referral practices among family physicians in the United States: a survey study

BMC Primary Care
Background Cough is one of the most common presenting problems for patients in primary care and is largely managed in primary care clinical settings. Family physicians’ familiarity with chronic cough guidelines and the extent to which these guidelines ...
Joel B. Shields, Elisabeth Callen, Natalia Y. Loskutova, Jonathan Schelfhout, Christina M. Hester   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

National Health Insurance – a Bill too far?

South African Family Practice, 2019
No abstract available.
Bob Mash
doaj   +1 more source

Education in Family Medicine : What has been achieved? [PDF]

, 2012
Contents: Education... historical landmarks - Pierre Mallia; The Malta College of Family Doctors and the Royal College of General Practitioners - John V.
Mallia, Pierre, Malta College of Family Doctors, Agius, Dominic   +2 more
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Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investment in family medicine to improve health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Family physicians (FPs), as educators, capacity builders and clinical governance leaders of primary care (PC) teams, work to make them more effective and responsive to the needs of their patients.
Sunanda C. Ray, Mpundu Makasa, Innocent Besigye, Jacob S. Shabani, Martha Makwero   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Neurocognitive Function in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of reduced exercise capacity, decreased physical activity levels, persistent fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. The aim was to investigate exercise capacity and physical activity levels of adult survivors of childhood ALL and their associations with ...
Laura Jess, Gustaf Glavå, Simon Skau, Hans‐Georg Kuhn, Maria Bäck, Marianne Jarfelt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Sleep Duration and Health Outcome in Elderly Taiwanese

International Journal of Gerontology, 2011
Background: The aim was to assess the relationship between sleep duration and self-rated health outcome in the elderly Taiwanese. Methods: The data were drawn from the National Survey on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Health Promotion 2002 (HPKAP ...
Meng-Ting Tsou
doaj   +1 more source

“Better than having no evaluation done”: a pilot project to conduct remote asylum evaluations for clients in a migrant encampment in Mexico

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Asylum evaluations are highly specialized medico-legal encounters to collect physical or mental health evidence for use in immigration proceedings.
Ranit Mishori, Kathryn Hampton, Hajar Habbach, Elsa Raker, Anjali Niyogi, Dona Murphey   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source