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Neonatal End-of-Life Spiritual Support Care
Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 2011The death of an infant is a profound loss that may complicate, disrupt, or end relationships between parents; and lead to maladaptive grieving, long-term decreased quality of life, and symptoms related to psychological morbidity. Facing neonatal loss is frequently experienced as traumatic assault on parents' spiritual and existential world of meaning ...
Joan L, Rosenbaum +2 more
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The Subjectivity of Attitudes Toward Life Support Care
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2007The purpose of this study was to categorize adult's subjectivity of their attitudes towards life sustaining treatment, and thereby understand the differences among these life sustaining treatment types using Q methodology.Q-methodology, which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item, was used.
Jieun, Choi +4 more
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Quality of life and supportive care
Supportive Care in Cancer, 1997Quality of life and supportive care are complementary concepts in the care of cancer patients. Neither is easy to define. Both have received increasing attention in the medical literature of recent years. From the clinical perspective, supportive care is one means toward the end of improving patients' quality of life. In order to evaluate our degree of
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End of Life Care and Withdrawal of Life Support
DeckerMed Critical Care of the Surgical Patient, 2020Despite advances in critical care medicine and resuscitation, many patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) will ultimately die. Although outcomes may be better for surgical rather than medical ICU patients, addressing the end of life is a fundamental and necessary aspect of critical care for all patients.
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Quality of Life and Supportive Care in the Treatment of NSCLC
Chest, 1996The definition of quality of life (QOL) for individual patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unclear and its evaluation difficult because of the heterogeneity of the patients involved. More research is needed to determine the best means of routinely expressing and comparing QOL assessments and implementing the results of these studies ...
C, Manegold, R, Schwarz
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End-of-Life Care after Termination of SUPPORT
The Hastings Center Report, 1995During conversations, Mr. H often paused to catch his breath or to lift his oxygen mask and cough up thick secretions. An emaciated twenty-nine-year-old man with end-stage cystic fibrosis, he had been admitted to the hospital for intensive antibiotics and respiratory therapy, in the hope of slowing his downhill course. For him, lung transplantation was
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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Support
2017Hospice and palliative care are part of the active care continuum. Hospice care involves an interdisciplinary approach to diagnosing and managing suffering and addressing the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients and their families. Hospice care should be considered when no further interventions or treatments can cure or prolong the ...
Paul W. DenOuden, Jonathan S. Appelbaum
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Supporting care home residents at the end of life
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2011The English Department of Health's 2008 End of Life Care Strategy reported that 17% of deaths in England occur in care homes, with the majority of these in the 85 years and over age group. Given this, the ageing population, and the projected increase in the number of people dying, it is evident that the number of deaths in care homes is likely to ...
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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Support
2021Abstract Both hospice and palliative care are reviewed in depth in this chapter. The different options available to the patient are discussed as well as when each option may be most appropriate. The reader is also provided a variety of common symptoms to be aware of when providing palliative care.
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Continuity of care. Life support.
The Health service journal, 2007The advent of patient choice will provide a challenge to continutiy of care for patients. The impact on long-term conditions, where regular patient monitoring is essential, is particularly important. Better use of technology is part of the solution.
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