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Results of the 2004/2005 Hospice Patient Survey: General Report [PDF]
, 2005 The National Minimum Standards for Independent Healthcare, published in 2002 by the Care Standards Commission (now the Healthcare Commission) states that hospices are required to conduct an annual patient survey.
Codling, Jan +2 more
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic was a crisis in prisons and jails, with some of the largest outbreaks in the United States happening inside carceral facilities. In the absence of structural interventions to protect them, people inside prisons engaged in various forms of carework to support one another and to draw attention to the horrific conditions. We
Esther Melton +2 more
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Clinical Observation Reflections from Students in an Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Course [PDF]
, 2012 The purpose of this study was to gain insight into how a brief clinical observation encounter contributed to students’ experiences in an interdisciplinary palliative care course. This course was required of all graduate nursing students and was available
Breakwell, Susan +3 more
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract How do palliative care professionals negotiate end‐of‐life care with family members when prognosis and dying are not openly discussed? Based on ethnographic fieldwork in an Indonesian palliative care unit, I argue that palliative care professionals employ implicit, ambiguous and culturally sensitive communication to carefully negotiate ...
Hanum Atikasari
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Learning from PPO Investigations: End-of-Life Care [PDF]
, 2013 With a large and ageing prison population, the Prison Service has to deal with more foreseeable deaths from terminal and incurable illnesses than ever before. This brings new challenges for both prison regimes and prison facilities to accommodate the end
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Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Healthcare in the United States is defined by profit motives and economic inequality, yet medical providers and organizations are also guided by moral values such as a commitment to patient well‐being. How have sociologists made sense of this apparent contradiction?
Guillermina Altomonte, Eliza Brown
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Comfort Care in Advanced Alzheimer\u27s Disease [PDF]
, 2005 No abstract ...
Maxwell, Terri, Parks, Susan
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Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Volume 40, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Background Bereavement support for families experiencing the loss of a child is a crucial aspect of Specialized Paediatric Palliative Care (SPPC). As an offering of SPPC, bereavement groups have the potential to provide meaningful support.
Malene Beck +3 more
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Geriatricians as Primary Care Providers in Payvider Programs: A Strategic Solution
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
Richard G. Stefanacci, Ankur Patel
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