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An examination of dignity and related factors for older people in receipt of palliative care and older people in continuing care

open access: yes, 2009
Oral Presentation at 'Moving Points in Palliative Care', March 12th, Our Lady's Hospice Ltd ...
Tracey, G
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Exploring the experiences and perspectives of families using a children’s hospice and professionals providing hospice care to identify future research priorities for children’s hospice care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Objective: To generate a list of priority topics for children’s hospice care research in Scotland from the perspective of its key stakeholders. Method: Qualitative semi-structured interviews with families using hospice services (n=5), four focus groups ...
Forbat, L.   +13 more
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Mind the Gap: Predictors of Osteoporosis Treatment Following Fragility Fracture in Parkinsonism

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Fracture risk is increased in Parkinson's yet this risk is often not addressed. Objectives Our objective was to study the extent to which osteoporosis was treated, and predictors of treatment in a large representative cohort with parkinsonism.
Katie C. Naylor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The National Home and Hospice Care Survey : 1994 summary [PDF]

open access: yes
The 1994 National Home and Hospice Care Survey was a nationwide sample survey of agencies providing home health and hospice care, their current patients, and their discharges. Basic demographic information about the patients was collected.

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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

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of hospice care among senior nursing staff in Chongqing and Hebei: a cross-regional study

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe demand for quality hospice care rises in China as the population ages. Specialized gerontological advanced practice nurses (GAPNs) are vital to the Chinese healthcare system, yet their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding ...
Huan Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling more people to die at home: making the case for quality indicators as drivers for change on place of care and place of death in Ireland

open access: yes, 2014
This report explores the best ways of providing simple metrics to measure success in meeting the preference of more people to be cared for and die in a home setting, thus reducing the number of patients dying in acute ...
Irish Hospice Foundation   +1 more
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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

An Assessment to Identify the Future Research Priorities for the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland: Final Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
First paragraph: The Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) was established in 1992 and is recognised as a charity committed to specialist caring, support and respite for children and young people with palliative care needs and their families ...
Knighting, Katherine   +3 more
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Clarity Without Credibility? Human Versus AI Abstracts in Otolaryngology

open access: yesWorld Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study evaluated whether otolaryngologists can distinguish between human‐ and machine‐written abstracts. The primary question was whether large language models (LLMs) produce abstracts comparable in clarity and usefulness to human‐authored work, and whether reviewers can identify authorship with accuracy.
Sholem Hack   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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