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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 +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 +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 +7 more
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Book Review: \u3ci\u3eReligious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice and Palliative Care.\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2014 Book review of, Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice and Palliative Care. by Harold Coward and Kelli I.
Roberts, Michelle V.
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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 +3 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background Healthcare professionals play a key role in interacting with children who have a parent with a life-limiting illness. While playing such a role can be challenging, not much is known about how such interactions impact these professionals and ...
Lasitha M. Wickramasinghe +3 more
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“Going down” and “getting deeper”: Physical and metaphorical location and movement in relation to death and spiritual care in a Scottish hospice [PDF]
, 2008 The final version of the article can be accessed at the link below.This paper illustrates how attending to the metaphors people use for particular concepts, and to the context in which they use them, can increase our understanding of the meanings they ...
Vivat, B
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BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Background Specialist palliative care (SPC) providers tend to use the term ‘complex’ to refer to the needs of patients who require SPC. However, little is known about complex needs on first referral to a SPC service.
Anne M. Finucane +8 more
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Hospice utilization of Medicare beneficiaries in Hawai‘i compared to other states
, 2017 The objective is to examine hospice utilization among Medicare beneficiaries in Hawai‘i compared to other states. Data were from the 2014 Medicare Hospice Utilization and Payment Public Use File, which included information on 4,025 hospice providers ...
Kataoka-Yahiro, Merle +2 more
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BMJ Public HealthObjectives This study aims to explore the lived experience of young adults with life-limiting conditions (YALLC) and how they perceive and navigate adulthood, to identify challenges and opportunities for improved care and support.Methods A qualitative ...
Poh Heng Chong +5 more
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