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Access to Hospice Care: Expanding Boundaries, Overcoming Barriers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This report looks at issues of social justice, access, and public policy in hospice and palliative care. As it examines the issues from the perspectives of social justice and fairness, it also recommends ways in which the definition of hospice can be ...
Bruce Jennings   +3 more
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Preparation of Medicare‐Enrolled Mental Health Counselors: Descriptions of Training Experiences and Predictors of Attitudes and Competencies

open access: yesCounselor Education and Supervision, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Counselors are newly eligible to enroll as providers in the Medicare program as of January 1, 2024, yet little is known about their preparedness to work with Medicare beneficiaries and related training experiences. This gap in the literature inhibits our understanding of historical and current counselor education practice, thereby preventing ...
Jordan B. Westcott   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring spirituality in palliative care services: an All-Ireland survey

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care
Background Spirituality and spiritual care are recognised as integral components of palliative care practice. Because of the diverse nature of this unique part of humanity, it may be challenging to describe what spirituality is or to ensure that ...
Barry Quinn   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospice Palliative Home Care in Canada: A Progress Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This report is a snapshot of hospice palliative home care services available to Canadians in 2008. The information refers only to hospice palliative care services provided in the home.
Jean Bacon
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The social philosophical dimensions of hospice care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs (Powell 2014).
Powell, Jason
core   +3 more sources

Pediatric Neuropalliative Medicine Clinic: Five‐Year Data Characterizing a Novel Model of Outpatient Care

open access: yesAnnals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Pediatric neuropalliative medicine (PNPM) is a recently developed area of subspecialty neurology practice focused on supporting the complex emotional, psychological, and physical aspects of caring for a child with serious neurological disease.
Lauren Treat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing Effective Interactions for Concordance around End-of-Life Care Decisions: Lessons from Hospice Admission Nurses

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2017
Near the end of life, hospice care reduces symptom-related distress and hospitalizations while improving caregiving outcomes. However, it takes time for a person to gain a sufficient understanding of hospice and decide to enroll.
Carey Candrian   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A New Medicare End-of-Life Benefit for Nursing Home Residents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A new Medicare benefit is needed to support end-of-life care for those spending their final days in a nursing home, say the authors of this article.
David G. Stevenson   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Carbon Footprint of Antibody‐Based Drugs and Biologics Using Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment

open access: yesClinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Life cycle assessment of monoclonal antibodies. Biological engineering has emerged since the 1980s as one of the most efficient technologies to develop new medicines. The monoclonal antibody platform is the most widely used, representing about 15–20% of drug sales.
Sébastien Taillemite   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation and study on caring and empathy ability of hospice nurses in Shanxi province

open access: yesHuli yanjiu, 2020
ObjectiveTo investigate ability of caring and empathy of care nurses in hospice care in Shanxi province,thus to provide reference for cultivation of hospice care professionals.MethodsA total of 183 hospice nurses in Shanxi province who attended ...
MA Yurong, YANG Suyun
doaj  

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