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A National Framework and Preferred Practices for Palliative and Hospice Care [PDF]

, 2006
Establishes the framework for a set of preferred practices that can be implemented to provide palliative and hospice care that is safe, beneficial, timely, patient-centered, efficient, and ...

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The Complete Ethical Framework for End-of-Life Care [PDF]

, 2010
The Ethical Framework for End-of-life Care is part of a national programme, the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme (HfH) of the Irish Hospice Foundation, which is intended to improve the culture of care and organization regarding dying, death and ...
Campbell, Louise, Donnelly, Mary, Dooley, Dolores, McCarthy, Joan, O\u27Neill, Catherine, Quinlan, Christina, Smith, David, Weafer, John   +7 more
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Scheduling early primary care follow‐up after pneumonia: A retrospective target trial emulation in five hospitals

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Current guidelines make no recommendations on discharge interventions or scheduling outpatient follow‐up after hospitlization for commnity‐acquired pneumonia (CAP). Objectives To assess the impact of scheduling early primary care follow‐up prior to discharge home among survivors of hypoxemic CAP hospitalizations.
Andrew J. Davis, Stephanie P. Taylor, Catherine L. Hough, Mari Armstrong‐Hough, Li Yan, Catherine K. Ettman, Katy Sadowski, Khyzer B. Aziz, Patrick G. Lyons, Katrina E. Hauschildt, Marc Kowalkowski, Eliana M. Perrin, Theodore J. Iwashyna   +12 more
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Hospice care self-efficacy among clinical medical staff working in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) isolation wards of designated hospitals: a cross–sectional study

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 462,417 deaths worldwide. A large number of patients with severe COVID-19 face death in hospital.
Ze-hong Zheng, Zhong-chen Luo, You Zhang, Wallace Chi Ho Chan, Jian-qiong Li, Jin Pang, Yu-ling Jia, Jiao Tang   +7 more
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Dying the Good Death: Cultural Competence and Variance in Hospice Care [PDF]

, 2019
This paper examines the intersections between death and culture in the context of hospice care. The patient demographics of modern hospice care are overwhelmingly White; through an analysis of the formation of Korean-American culture and its distinct ...
Koh-Krienke, Lydia
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A comparative review of palliative care development in six countries represented by the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) [PDF]

, 2009
Palliative care development and services were reviewed in the region represented by the six members of the Middle East Cancer Consortium: Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, and Turkey.
Amanda Bingley, Bercovitch, David Clark, Freedman, International Narcotics Control Board, International Narcotics Control Board, Oguz, Sapir, Stjernswärd, Stjernswärd, Ward, Wright   +11 more
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The Role of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS), Diffusion‐Tensor‐Imaging (DTI) and Structural MRI in the Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Diagnosis: A Review

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting older adults, with approximately 7.2 million cases only in the United States. This number is projected to increase to 13.8 million in the United States by 2060, leading to increased expenditures for healthcare, long‐term care and hospice services. Consequently,
Valentina Zecca, Gianmauro Palombelli, Nicola Vanacore, Rossella Canese   +3 more
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Characteristics, Outcomes and Factors for Place of Death in Patients Admitted to Community-Based Palliative Care Services in Shanghai China: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: Community-based palliative care (CBPC) is only available in large cities in mainland China and little is known about who utilizes it. Objectives: This study examined the characteristics, outcomes, and factors associated with place of death ...
Yanxia Lin, Chuchu Yan, Dongliang Yang, Murong Zhang, Haiying Gao, Anqi Xie, Jinwen Chang, Yiwen Mao, Yongxing Shi   +8 more
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Phase IIb Trial for the Palliative Treatment of Patients With Primary Hepatic Malignancy Unable to Receive Curative Treatment: Efficacy of Colchicine

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This trial was to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of colchicine for the palliative treatment of patients with primary hepatic malignancy unable to receive curative treatment. Forty hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients and two intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) patients signed the informed consents.
Zu‐Yau Lin, Ming‐Lun Yeh, Po‐Cheng Liang, Shinn‐Cherng Chen, Chung‐Feng Huang, Jee‐Fu Huang, Chia‐Yen Dai, Ming‐Lung Yu, Wan‐Long Chuang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Hiroko Komatsu, RN, PhD, Weihua Zhang, RN, PhD, Yann-Fen Chao, RN, PhD, Ki Kyong Kim, RN, PhD, Gwang Suk Kim, RN, PhD, Yoon Hee Cho, RN, PhD, Ji Sook Ko, RN, MSN   +7 more
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