Evidence-based planning and costing palliative care services for children : novel multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Children’s palliative care is a relatively new clinical specialty. Its nature is multi-dimensional and its delivery necessarily multi-professional.
A Craft +37 more
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The Liverpool Care Pathway [PDF]
, 2013 For many practising doctors, especially in general practice or in general internal medicine, decisions at the end of life are often some of the most difficult.
Saunders, John
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Documented End‐of‐Life Preferences of People With Parkinson's Disease or Parkinsonism Across Europe
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism are characterized by motor and non‐motor symptoms. As the disease advances, planning for end‐of‐life (EoL) care becomes increasingly important. However, consensus‐based European guidelines for advance care planning and documentation of EoL care preferences for parkinsonism are lacking ...
Bauke W. Dijkstra +30 more
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Problems and alarms of the patient’s relatives served in the bulgarian hospices
Медицинский вестник Юга России, 2010 Purpose: The analysis of problems and alarms of the patient’s relatives served in hospices and the services rendered to it.Materials and Methods: Questioning of 190 members of the personnel, 216 relatives and the close patients who were in 29 hospices ...
S. S. Alexandrova, G. G. Grantcharova
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Geneza chrześcijańskiej posługi hospicyjnej
Vox Patrum, 2018 Hospice care to terminally ill people was originated due to a sensitivity to the personal dignity of man. Christianity brought a special contribution to the care of terminally ill people in the history of the world.
Krzysztof Leśniewski
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Informatisation du dossier patient aux Hospices-CHUV et aux Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève : étude comparative [PDF]
, 2003 [Table des matières] 1. Introduction 2. Dossier patient, concepts de base: 2.1 Dossier patient: définitions, intérêt et utilisation dans l'environnement hospitalier. 2.2 Dossier patient informatisé: définitions et modèles. 3. Dossier patient aux Hospices-
Zazani, Edlira
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Staphylococcus aureus in the oral cavity: a three-year retrospective analysis of clinical laboratory data [PDF]
, 2003 OBJECTIVE: A retrospective analysis of laboratory data to investigate the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from the oral cavity and facial area in specimens submitted to a regional diagnostic oral microbiology laboratory.
A J Smith +24 more
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Decisional Conflict in Palliative Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients may be subject to decisional conflict (DC). However, research on DC in the palliative phase remains limited. The primary objective of this study was to assess and describe DC among patients with HNC in the palliative phase and explore the association between clinically significant DC and quality of
Boyd N. van den Besselaar MD +4 more
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Spiritual care at the end of life: whose job is it? [PDF]
, 2010 Interest in and recognition of the function of religious and spiritual coping in adjustment to serious illness has been growing. In particular, there has been increasing interest in the importance of understanding and valuing patients' individual ...
Psaila, Claudia, Watts, Jacqueline H.
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