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Impact of a hospice rapid response service on preferred place of death, and costs [PDF]
, 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 ...
Holdsworth, LM +13 more
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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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Irish Hospice Foundation Annual Report 2020
, 2021 Every death matters – and we only have one chance to get it right. Many of the experiences of dying, death and bereavement during 2020 fell very far short of the expressed wishes of the Irish people in relation to what they want for themselves or their ...
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Irish Hospice Foundation Annual Report 2021
, 2022 he pandemic created a very challenging environment for IHF to achieve its vision of an Ireland where people experiencing dying, death and bereavement are provided with the care and support they need and where every death matters.
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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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Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega +10 more
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Journal of Patient-Reported OutcomesObjective To translate Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Specific Quality of Life-Short Form (ALSSQOL-SF) and test its reliability and validity, so that explore feasibility in Chinese mainland and make up the gap of specific tools for measuring quality of ...
Zhijie Zhang +4 more
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Huli yanjiu, 2023 ObjectiveTo investigate the willingness and influencing factors of nursing students to hospice care for patients with end⁃of⁃life cancer.MethodsA survey，involving 644 nursing students from a medical college in Hangzhou city，was conducted by using self ...
LUO Zhuoqi, ZHANG Hualiang, WANG Lifei
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu +5 more
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Pain Research and ManagementConclusion: DEX emerges as a promising option for palliative sedation in terminal-stage cancer patients. When used in conjunction with PCA, DEX has been shown to effectively, safely, and stably control refractory pain without inducing adverse effects ...
Na Li, Yumei Wang, Meng Cui
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