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Cognition and attitudes of hospice care among healthcare providers: a case study of Sichuan Province

open access: yesBMC 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of the Home-based Hospice Care System in Japan: Experience and Significance to China [PDF]

open access: yesZhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
In the 21st century, Japan has carried out hospice care services, and developed a sound home-based hospice care system to address the social issues of "fewer children, more older people".
Lanqiu LIU, Yue ZHAO
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesBMC 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Exploration of the Challenges for Oncology Nurses in Providing Hospice Care in Mainland China: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesAsia-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
doaj   +1 more source

Development of an eHealth information resource for family carers supporting a person receiving palliative care on the island of Ireland

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2019
Background Many people receiving palliative care wish to die at home. Often, support from family or friends is key to ensuring that this wish is fulfilled. However, carers report feeling underprepared to undertake this role.
David Scott   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospice care utilisation among elderly patients who died with hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States

open access: yesJHEP Reports, 2021
Background & Aims: The benefits of hospice care in Medicare recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have not been fully evaluated, which we aimed to study. Methods: We used nationally representative samples of the Medicare beneficiaries in the
Victor de Avila   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of the awareness of and demand for hospice care and attitudes towards life-sustaining treatment at the end of life among community residents in Hangzhou

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background To understand the status of residents’ awareness of and demand for hospice care services in Hangzhou and to provide a reference for promoting the formulation of hospice care-related policies in China.
Yanhong Xie   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the current status of hospice care needs and factors influencing them among family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
OBJECTIVE To understand the current status of the needs of patients receiving hospice services and their caregivers and the factors influencing them. METHODS A convenience sampling method was used to survey 120 family members caring for patients with ...
Huang Weihong, Wu Xiaodong, He Jiajie
doaj   +1 more source

A comparative study on decision and documentation of refraining from resuscitation in two medical home care units in Sweden

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2019
Background A decision to refrain from cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the case of cardiac arrest is recommended in terminally ill patients to avoid unnecessary suffering at time of death.
Bogdan Sterpu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel method using the level of mobility to predict mortality in patients admitted for decompensated cirrhosis: A prospective study

open access: yes, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Andrew J. Groff   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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