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, 2009 Oral Presentation at 'Moving Points in Palliative Care', March 12th, Our Lady's Hospice Ltd ...
Tracey, G
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A reassuring presence: An evaluation of Bradford District Hospice at Home service [PDF]
, 2008 YesWithin the United Kingdom, a developing role for primary care services in cancer and palliative care has resulted in an increase in palliative home care teams.
Small, Neil A. +15 more
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BMC Palliative CareBackground Cardiovascular medications are frequently prescribed to patients with advanced cancer, even during the final weeks of life. However, little is known about their day-by-day use near death or how prescribing patterns may differ by hospice care ...
Chun-Li Wang +5 more
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Hospice Care for Dying Patients
The American Journal of Nursing, 1975 The past century has witnessed the development of innovative techniques to diagnose and treat disease. But with attention increasingly focused on lifesaving machinery, it has become more and more difficult to view a patient as a human being and part of a family unit. This change in emphasis has been especially difficult for patients who face life's end,
J, Craven, F S, Wald
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The British hospice movement: a critique of the resource mobilization perspective [PDF]
, 1988 The purpose of this study is to investigate the domestic Hospice Movement. Alone, a psychological perspective is inadequate for an understanding of the forces involved in the initiation of hospice enterprises.
Woodward-Carlton, Damian
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The untapped potential of Registered Veterinary Technicians in hospice care
Human-Animal InteractionsBackground: As veterinary medicine evolves to include more comprehensive hospice and end-of-life care, Registered Veterinary Technicians remain an underutilized resource in hospice and palliative care programs.
Emily Piche
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Comparison of the Hospice Systems in the United States, Japan and Taiwan
Asian Nursing Research, 2010 The aim of hospice care is to provide the best possible quality of life both for people approaching the end of life and for their families and carers. The Korean government has been implementing a pilot project for hospital hospice services and trying to
Chung Yul Lee, RN, PhD +7 more
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Grieving the death of someone close
, 2008 Information leaflet on coping with the death of someone close.
Irish Hospice Foundation
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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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BMC Palliative CareBackground In response to the rapid aging population and increasing number of cancer patients, discussions on dignified end-of-life (EoL) decisions are active around the world.
Il Yun +5 more
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