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Hospice vs. palliative care: Evolution and differences [PDF]

Sestrinska reč, 2017
The forerunners of today's hospices existed in ancient and midlle age within the religious institutions in which they are finding a shelter weary pilgrims, travelers, the poor, the sick and the old.
Aranđelović Branimirka, Milutinović Dragana, Simić Svetlana   +2 more
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A casemix classification for those receiving specialist palliative care during their last year of life across England: the C-CHANGE research programme

Programme Grants for Applied Research, 2023
Background The hospice movement has provided an excellent model of specialist palliative care for those with advanced illness approaching the end of life.
Fliss EM Murtagh, Ping Guo, Alice Firth, Ka Man Yip, Christina Ramsenthaler, Abdel Douiri, Cathryn Pinto, Sophie Pask, Mendwas Dzingina, Joanna M Davies, Suzanne O’Brien, Beth Edwards, Esther I Groeneveld, Mevhibe Hocaoglu, Claudia Bausewein, Irene J Higginson   +15 more
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Urban Blight and Urban Redesign: Schicksal und/oder Chance

Revija za Geografijo, 2013
The phenomenon of urban blight dates back to the 19th century when industrialisation starting in Europe and North America initiated an uncontrolled urban growth in combination with strong demand in cheap an quickly constructed housing.
Walter Zsilincsar
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Treatment of Alzheimer Disease With CT Scans

Dose-Response, 2016
Alzheimer disease (AD) primarily affects older adults. This neurodegenerative disorder is the most common cause of dementia and is a leading source of their morbidity and mortality.
Jerry M. Cuttler, Eugene R. Moore, Victor D. Hosfeld, David L. Nadolski   +3 more
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Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2017
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Traditional hospice focuses on symptoms and quality of life (QOL) at the very end of life. Clinical symptoms and QOL in the last 1–2 years of life are also important and may be affected by dementia.
Halima Amjad, David Roth, Jennifer Wolff, Esther Oh, Quincy Samus   +4 more
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Dying in Russia: The Institutional Anthropology of Hospice Care

Социология власти
In most countries, the development of hospices occurs as a double import: first, as single initiatives based on the high standards of successful world hospices, and then as an attempt to scale these cases into the national healthcare system.
Sergei V. Mokhov
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“Death Cafe”

Voices in Bioethics, 2014
Well-coiffed and clad in pink, Lori is hoping to learn about legacy. What does it mean and how can she leave one? This grandmother of seven wants to be remembered well, and she intends to create some memories before it is too late.
Randi Belisomo
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Effect of a 12-week yoga therapy program on mental health status in elderly women inmates of a hospice

International Journal of Yoga, 2017
Aim and Objectives: This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga on the mental health status of elderly women inmates residing in a hospice in Puducherry.
Meena Ramanathan, Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Madanmohan Trakroo   +2 more
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The Social Employee in Interaction with Terminally ill Patient

Horyzonty Wychowania, 2019
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to show the interaction between a social worker and a terminally ill patient, his family and the environment.
Ewa Kucharska
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Evolution of home and outpatient palliative care in Poland: a single metropolitan centre comparison between 1994–1997 and 2024

Palliative Medicine in Practice
INTRODUCTION: In Poland, legal requirements for the provision of palliative care and patients’ social conditions have changed since the hospice movement began in the 1980s. There has been a lack of comparative assessments regarding home-based hospice and
Katarzyna Grądalska, Tomasz Grądalski
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