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Who needs and continues to need paediatric palliative care? An evaluation of utility and feasibility of the Paediatric Palliative Screening scale (PaPaS)

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background While the populations of children who can benefit from paediatric palliative care (PPC) have been broadly defined, identifying individual patients to receive PPC has been problematic in practice.
Poh Heng Chong, Janice Soo, Zhi Zheng Yeo, Raymond Qishun Ang, Celene Ting   +4 more
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Designing the Hospice of the future: Developing a partnership with the next generation

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Community engagement is essential to co-design new models of integrated, people-centred health services. Young people and adolescents form a significant population of the community; however their input is often overlooked when designing ...
Lonan Oldam, Lottie Morris, Giovanna Cruz, Lynsey Christian, Hollie Quaye, Gillian Street   +5 more
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Cognition and attitudes of hospice care among healthcare providers: a case study of Sichuan Province

BMC Medical Education, 2023
Background Under the background of the increasing aging population and cancer burden in China, the role of hospice care has become increasingly prominent.
Meng Ling, Pengru Chen, Qiaoying He, Yi Long, Lei Cheng, Chuan You   +5 more
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Hospice Care Pilot Program Independently Pioneered by Community Health Centers in Shanghai: a Cross-sectional Survey [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
Background Survival assessment, psychological counseling and other services included in the comprehensive hospice care program conform to the hospice care philosophy, and may be independently delivered to patients to satisfy their needs in a pioneering ...
Xueying LI, Limei JING, Yifan XU, Tianshu CHU, Yunjia ZHAO, Ruiyang CHEN, Xiaohan TENG, Shuijing LI
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An Exploration of the Challenges for Oncology Nurses in Providing Hospice Care in Mainland China: A Qualitative Study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2021
Objective: Although there has been an increasing emphasis on assisting nurses with providing quality hospice care to patients and family members, few studies have explored the challenges that oncology nurses face when delivering hospice care in the ...
Ruishuang Zheng, Qiaohong Guo, Zhiqian Chen, Lili Ma, Susan McClement   +4 more
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Comparison of the Hospice Systems in the United States, Japan and Taiwan

Asian Nursing Research, 2010
The aim of hospice care is to provide the best possible quality of life both for people approaching the end of life and for their families and carers. The Korean government has been implementing a pilot project for hospital hospice services and trying to
Chung Yul Lee, RN, PhD, Hiroko Komatsu, RN, PhD, Weihua Zhang, RN, PhD, Yann-Fen Chao, RN, PhD, Ki Kyong Kim, RN, PhD, Gwang Suk Kim, RN, PhD, Yoon Hee Cho, RN, PhD, Ji Sook Ko, RN, MSN   +7 more
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Treatment of cancer cachexia in the very advanced or terminal phase: a systematic review

Italian Journal of Medicine, 2013
The therapeutic approach to refractory cancer cachexia represents an unmet need and an important research priority in the field of palliative care. Unfortunately, clinical studies in this area are scarce, both regarding nutritional and pharmacological ...
Giuseppe Arvia, Stefano Giordani, Ismaeil Ghaderi, Sharon Nahas, Stefano Diana, Raffaella Indelli, Beatrice Traverso, Giorgio Lelli   +7 more
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Family Caregiving at the End of Life and Hospice Use: A National Study of Medicare Beneficiaries

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2020
Hospice care confers well‐documented benefits to patients and their families, but it is underutilized. One potential reason is inadequate family support to make end‐of‐life decisions and care for older adults on hospice at home.
Vedika Kumar, C. Ankuda, Melissa D. Aldridge, Mohammed Husain, Katherine A. Ornstein   +4 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Hospice Care Services: A Cohort Study in Taiwan

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2020
Context Hospice care focuses on improving the quality of end-of-life care and respecting patients’ preferences regarding end-of-life treatment.
Y. Chou, Yung-Feng Yen, Yung-Feng Yen, R. Feng, M. Wu, Ya-Ling Lee, Ya-Ling Lee, Dachen Chu, Dachen Chu, Sheng-Jean Huang, Sheng-Jean Huang, J. Curtis, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Hsiao-Yun Hu   +13 more
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Investigation and management of iron deficiency anaemia in a specialist palliative care setting and the role of intravenous iron: a descriptive analysis of hospice data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

AMRC Open Research, 2021
Background: Anaemia is common in hospice populations and associated with significant symptom burden. Guidelines recommend investigating for and treating iron deficiency (ID), but there is little evidence of this practice in palliative care populations ...
Thomas Steele, Amara Callistus Nwosu, Laura Chapman, Helen Bonwick   +3 more
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