Parenteral morphine and oxycodone mixtures administered in specialised palliative and hospice care units: A retrospective medical record review. [PDF]
Palliat Care Soc PractNiittynen I +5 more
europepmc +1 more source
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic was a crisis in prisons and jails, with some of the largest outbreaks in the United States happening inside carceral facilities. In the absence of structural interventions to protect them, people inside prisons engaged in various forms of carework to support one another and to draw attention to the horrific conditions. We
Esther Melton +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Trends and factors associated with hospice care utilization and place of death in the United States between 2002 and 2020: a retrospective data analysis based on the health and retirement study. [PDF]
BMC Palliat CareLong Y, Tan M, Xia Q, Xu Z, Ding J.
europepmc +1 more source
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract How do palliative care professionals negotiate end‐of‐life care with family members when prognosis and dying are not openly discussed? Based on ethnographic fieldwork in an Indonesian palliative care unit, I argue that palliative care professionals employ implicit, ambiguous and culturally sensitive communication to carefully negotiate ...
Hanum Atikasari
wiley +1 more source
The Current Attitude Toward Death and Hospice Care Among Medical Students in Mainland China. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel)Gan L, Wan Y, Su Y.
europepmc +1 more source
Erased by law: Kinship, care, and bureaucratic exclusion at the end of life in South Korea
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how institutional frameworks in South Korea erase nonlegal caregiving relationships within hospice care environments. Drawing on seven months of ethnographic fieldwork, the study delineates how patients are categorized as “unclaimed” despite the presence of long‐term companions or cohabitants who provide intimate end‐of ...
Seok Joo Youn
wiley +1 more source
Attitudes toward Death, Perceptions of Hospice Care and Needs for Hospice Care among the LGBT Population. [PDF]
J Hosp Palliat CareKang SJ, Jang HI.
europepmc +1 more source
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Healthcare in the United States is defined by profit motives and economic inequality, yet medical providers and organizations are also guided by moral values such as a commitment to patient well‐being. How have sociologists made sense of this apparent contradiction?
Guillermina Altomonte, Eliza Brown
wiley +1 more source
Integrating a traditional Chinese medicine hospice care system to address depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders in advanced cancer. [PDF]
World J PsychiatryLiu L +8 more
europepmc +1 more source