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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

Equity of access to adult hospice inpatient care within north-west England. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
There is a growing debate about the question of equity of access to hospice and palliative care services. Even countries with relatively well developed palliative care systems are considered to have problems of access and inequity of provision.
Clark, D.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Hospice Care [PDF]

open access: yesJAMA, 2012
“Recently a friend’s mother, Alice, was diagnosed with lung cancer, and even though she received all the possible treatments, the cancer was incurable. She went into hospice care so that she could get professional help in preparing herself and her family for her death.” This 2-page Family Album Radio transcript was written by Suzanna Smith and ...
Janet M. Torpy   +2 more
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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

Impact of a hospice rapid response service on preferred place of death, and costs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Many people with a terminal illness would prefer to die at home. A new palliative rapid response service (RRS) provided by a large hospice provider in South East England was evaluated (2010) to provide evidence of impact on achieving ...
A Grady   +32 more
core   +1 more source

Book Review: \u3ci\u3eReligious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice and Palliative Care.\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Book review of, Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice and Palliative Care. by Harold Coward and Kelli I.
Roberts, Michelle V.
core   +2 more sources

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