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Implementing advance care planning in nursing homes – study protocol of a cluster-randomized clinical trial

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Close to half of all deaths in Norway occur in nursing homes, which signals a need for good communication on end-of-life care. Advance care planning (ACP) is one means to that end, but in Norwegian nursing homes, ACP is not common.
Trygve Johannes Lereim Sævareid   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guideline for ethics review of clinical trials

open access: yesHolistic Integrative Oncology
This article is the first ethical review technical guideline in the field of oncology in China, compiled by the Medical Ethics Society of China Anti-Cancer Association and jointly completed by 104 national ethics review experts in accordance with a ...
Medical Ethics Society of China Anti-Cancer Association   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical approval in developing countries is not optional [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
When conducting health and medical research it is not only important to do the research ethically, but also to apply for prior ethical approval from the relevant authorities.
Simkhada, Padam, van Teijlingen, Edwin
core   +1 more source

Bone Marrow Failure as an Underrecognized Feature of KAT6A Syndrome

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT KAT6A syndrome (Arboleda–Tham syndrome) is a rare disorder caused by heterozygous pathogenic variants in KAT6A, a histone acetyltransferase essential for chromatin remodeling and hematopoietic stem cell function. While neurodevelopmental features are well established, hematologic manifestations are underrecognized.
Ye Jee Shim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional and Behavioral Intervention for Long‐Term Childhood Acute Leukemia Survivors With Metabolic Syndrome

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virtue and care ethics & humanism in medical education: a scoping review

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2022
Purpose This scoping review explores how virtue and care ethics are incorporated into health professions education and how these factors may relate to the development of humanistic patient care.
David J. Doukas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence and Outcome of Infants With Cancer in Canada: A Report From Cancer in Young People in Canada Database

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Infants with cancer are rare and face unique challenges. Our study aims to describe the incidence of infantile cancers in Canada and to compare treatment‐related mortality (TRM) and their outcomes with those of older children. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Cancer in Young People in Canada database ...
Samuel Sassine   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

RT‐PCR–Based Detection of Bone Marrow Involvement in Ewing Sarcoma: Diagnostic Validity and Prognostic Relevance

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In Ewing sarcoma (EwS), metastases, including those to bone marrow (BM), are the main factors influencing prognosis. Although reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) offers greater sensitivity, the current EWING protocol defines BM metastases solely using light microscopic detection.
Thanh Pham   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient Suffering and the Anointing of the Sick [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Anthologized in On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 2nd edition. Edited by Stephen E. Lammers and Allen Verhey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998, 356-364. And in On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 3rd
Lysaught, M. Therese
core   +1 more source

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