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Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications
BMC Palliative Care, 2023 Background The aim of this project was to review the literature on dry mouth / xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer, with the objectives being to determine its prevalence, clinical features, and complications. Methods Standard methodology was used
Maria Walsh, Norah Fagan, Andrew Davies
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Factors affecting hospice social work utilization among hospice patients: Focusing on place of care and economic status [PDF]
, 2017 Objective. Hospice social workers empower their patients and families as they journey through end of life. However, even when social work services are available, some hospice families choose not to use or fully utilize this service.
Kimura, Mayumi
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Hospice Use Among Nursing Home Patients [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives Among hospice patients who lived in nursing homes, we sought to: (1) report trends in hospice use over time, (2) describe factors associated with very long hospice stays (>6 months), and (3) describe hospice utilization patterns.
Callahan, Christopher M. +5 more
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The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study explored how lecturers in a post‐92 UK university conceptualise and enact decolonial curriculum principles within their teaching and programme design. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with academic staff across multiple disciplines, the research adopts a qualitative, phenomenologically informed approach to examine the interplay
Reece Sohdi
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Two Cultures of Caring: A Comparative Study [PDF]
, 2012 There is much that the UK and the US could and should learn from each other to understand the quality of end-of-life care, through comparison of practice, analysis of care patterns and via original research (Higginson, 2005, p.170).
Armstrong, Lisa, Polito, Chistina
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Pattern and characteristics of advanced cancer patients admitted to hospices in Italy [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of this multicenter study was to assess the pattern and the characteristics of advanced cancer patients admitted to hospices. A consecutive sample of patients admitted in a period of 6 months was taken into consideration.
Bellingardo, R +8 more
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ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 733-760, April 2025.Abstract Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reliably prevent death due to life‐threatening arrhythmias; this may become less relevant in people with more severe heart failure who are reaching the end of life (EOL). This review aimed to explore the ICD deactivation process and identify ethical issues, especially around the initiation of ...
Siobhan C. Murray +2 more
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BMC Palliative CareBackground Although there is growing demand for hospice care in China due to its aging population and increasing cancer rates, the sector remains slow to expand.
Jing Zhao +10 more
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From the Warehouse to the Deathbed: Challenging the Conditions of Mass Death in Prison [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this project is to analyze the crisis of mass incarceration by placing the conditions faced by elderly, terminally ill, and dying prisoners, as its main point of focus.
Chavez, Ernest K
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A team approach to recruitment in hospice research:engaging patients, close persons and health professionals [PDF]
, 2016 Research is vital to the future development of hospice care. However, research in hospice settings is very challenging. This paper describes a case study of a successful multidisciplinary research team approach (MDRT) to the recruitment of participants ...
Armour, Kathy +7 more
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