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BMC 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
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Analysis of the current status of hospice care needs and factors influencing them among family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer [PDF]
SHS 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
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The place of volunteering in palliative care [PDF]
, 2012 This chapter discusses the place and development of volunteering in palliative care in the context of hospice service provision in the UK. It draws on recent qualitative research undertaken in a large hospice in England.
Watts, Jacqueline H.
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BMC 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
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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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International Journal of Gerontology, 2016 Background: The Hospice Palliative Care Act in Taiwan was amended and allowed families to withdraw life-sustaining treatment for unconsciousness terminally ill patients. However, ventilator withdrawal in the intensive care unit (ICU) is still a challenge.
Wen-Hao Su +2 more
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Hospice care in the Netherlands: who applies and who is admitted to inpatient care? [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Ten percent of non-sudden deaths in the Netherlands occur in inpatient hospice facilities. To investigate differences between patients who are admitted to inpatient hospice care or not following application, how diagnoses compare to the ...
Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen +5 more
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Palliative Care Is More Care, Not Less [PDF]
, 2016 Educational Objectives: 1. Discuss the origins of hospice and palliative care. 2. Compare and contrast Curative, Palliative, and Hospice Models of Care. 3.
Selby-Penczak, Rachel
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Hospice in the nursing home: perspectives of front line nursing home staff [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: Use of hospice has been associated with improved outcomes for nursing home residents and attitudes of nursing home staff toward hospice influences hospice referral.
Cagle, John G. +5 more
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