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Changing patterns in place of cancer death in England: a population-based study.

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2013
BackgroundMost patients with cancer prefer to die at home or in a hospice, but hospitals remain the most common place of death (PoD).This study aims to explore the changing time trends of PoD and the associated factors, which are essential for end-of ...
Wei Gao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prior anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Comparable outcomes but reduced knee flexion after robotic functionally aligned total knee arthroplasty

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is technically demanding and has been associated with higher complication rates. This study aimed to evaluate whether patients with prior ACLR undergoing image‐based robotic‐assisted TKA performed under functional alignment (FA) principles achieve ...
Christos Koutserimpas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergencies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

open access: yesMuscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Emergencies are frequent in people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (pALS), especially as the disease progresses, and can necessitate urgent evaluation and intervention. Progressive weakness in ALS inevitably increases fall risk, making discussion of fall prevention strategies integral to caring for pALS.
S. Pinar Uysal   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Head and neck cancer mortality in the United States: Regional differences in hospice use and place of death

open access: yesBJC Reports
Background With more than 15,000 annual deaths from head and neck cancer (HNC), an important aspect of end-of-life care for these patients is place of death.
Melissa C. White   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistent inequalities in Hospice at Home provision [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2018
ObjectiveTo describe the nature and scope of a new Hospice at Home (H@H) service and to identify its equality of provision.MethodsCase note review of patients supported by a H@H service for 1 year from September 2012 to August 2013 (n=321). Descriptive analysis to report frequencies and proportions of quantitative data extracted from service logs ...
Buck, Jackie   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Feasibility of Longitudinal Home Monitoring of Nocturnal Transcutaneous CO2 and Relationship to Standard Respiratory Measures in Patients With ALS: A Pilot Cohort Study

open access: yesMuscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) results in respiratory muscle weakness causing hypoventilation, retention of carbon dioxide (CO2), and chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. In this pilot study, we performed a 12‐month assessment of daytime and home nocturnal CO2 to track respiratory progression, determine relationships
Andrew Geronimo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pediatric home-based hospice and palliative care: a scoping review

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care
Pediatric palliative and/or hospice care is provided across a broad spectrum of settings, ranging from inpatient to outpatient to a child’s home. Pediatric home-based hospice and/or palliative care teams offer a specialized, interdisciplinary approach to
Ellen Davis   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correction to: home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project

open access: yesIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019
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Shelley A. Sternberg   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time to relect- Irish Hospice Foundation survey about death, dying and bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yes, 2023
The Time to Reflect survey was commissioned by Irish Hospice Foundation to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the experiences and perceptions of the Irish population in relation to dying, death, and bereavement during this time.
Irish Hospice Foundation
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Mortal relationality: waria family care and the ethics of dying in Bali Relationnalité mortelle : soins familiaux des waria et éthique des mourants à Bali

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
wiley   +1 more source

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