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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

The British hospice movement: a critique of the resource mobilization perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
The purpose of this study is to investigate the domestic Hospice Movement. Alone, a psychological perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the forces involved in the initiation of hospice enterprises.
Woodward-Carlton, Damian
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Irish Hospice Foundation Annual Report 2022

open access: yes, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionate impact on the older person and those in nursing homes. The COVID-19 Nursing Home Expert Panel review (2021) established by the Department of Health recommended the initiation of a joint HSE and IHF ...
Irish Hospice Foundation
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Accidental plant poisonings in France: Lessons from a decade of national toxicovigilance

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Accidental plant poisonings reveal how modern societies are losing everyday botanical knowledge once central to food and health safety. By analyzing a decade of French toxicovigilance data, this study shows that most severe cases arise from plant misidentification or misguided self‐medication.
Gaël Le Roux   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real-world patterns of cardiovascular medication use in the final 28 days of life among patients with advanced cancer: a retrospective analysis by hospice care type

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care
Background Cardiovascular medications are frequently prescribed to patients with advanced cancer, even during the final weeks of life. However, little is known about their day-by-day use near death or how prescribing patterns may differ by hospice care ...
Chun-Li Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Irish Hospice Foundation Annual Report 2014

open access: yes, 2015
Annual report on activities and finances of Irish Hospice Foundation ...
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

Grief at work

open access: yes, 2008
Bereavement information leaflet with advice for recently bereaved people on returning to work and employers supporting bereaved staff members.
Mc Guinness, Breffni
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Dying Well at Home- Focus Group Report

open access: yes, 2023
Research, both in Ireland and internationally, consistently demonstrates that home is the preferred place of death for the majority of people. Despite this, the realities of providing end- of-life care in the home can be challenging due to the limited ...
Mackay, Euan   +3 more
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The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
wiley   +1 more source

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