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The Fami-life study: protocol of a prospective observational multicenter mixed study of psychological consequences of grieving relatives in French palliative care units on behalf of the family research in palliative care (F.R.I.P.C research network)

BMC Palliative Care, 2019
Background Grieving relatives can suffer from numerous consequences like anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and prolonged grief.
Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Cécile Flahault, Edith Poulain, Adrien Evin, Frédéric Guirimand, Virginie Fossez-Diaz, Ségolène Perruchio, Catherine Verlaine, Anne Vanbésien, Willeme Kaczmarek, Laurence Birkui de Francqueville, Emmanuel De Larivière, Guillaume Bouquet, Laure Copel, Virginie Verliac, Véronique Marché, Carmen Mathias, Dominique Gracia, Alaa Mhalla, Véronique Michonneau-Gandon, Cécile Poupardin, Licia Touzet, Gaelle Ranchou, Virginie Guastella, Bruno Richard, Florent Bienfait, Marie Sonrier, Dominique Michel, Stéphane Ruckly, Sébastien Bailly, Jean-François Timsit   +30 more
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The use of olanzapine as an antiemetic in palliative medicine: a systematic review of the literature

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic that has affinity for many central nervous system receptors. Its efficacy is supported by several studies in the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
G. Saudemont, C. Prod’Homme, A. Da Silva, S. Villet, M. Reich, N. Penel, V. Gamblin   +6 more
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Palliative Care—Albania [PDF]

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2018
Sixty percent of cancer patients are diagnosed with advanced stages of disease and those diagnosed in early stages face challenges to receive adequate treatment. Palliative care has had significant developments in recent years in Albania because of a close partnership with the Ministry of Health, local nonprofit organizations, and the Open Society ...
Rudina, Rama, Valbona, Çarçani, Fatmir, Prifti, Kristo, Huta, Ali, Xhixha, Stephen R, Connor   +5 more
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Medical students writing on death, dying and palliative care : a qualitative analysis of reflective essays [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Medical students and doctors are becoming better prepared to care for patients with palliative care needs and support patients at the end of life. This preparation needs to start at medical school.
Boland, Jason W, Boland, Jason W., Dikomitis, Lisa, Gadoud, Amy   +3 more
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Keep in Touch (KIT): feasibility of using internet-based communication and information technology in palliative care

BMC Palliative Care, 2017
Background Confinement to an in-patient hospital ward impairs patients’ sense of social support and connectedness. Providing the means, through communication technology, for patients to maintain contact with friends and family can potentially improve ...
Qiaohong Guo, Beverley Cann, Susan McClement, Genevieve Thompson, Harvey Max Chochinov   +4 more
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Structured implementation of the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool in general practice – A prospective interventional study with follow-up

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in the provision of primary palliative care (PC). The identification of patients who might benefit from PC and the timely initiation of patient-centred PC measures at the end of life are essential ...
Kambiz Afshar, Katharina van Baal, Birgitt Wiese, Tanja Schleef, Stephanie Stiel, Gabriele Müller-Mundt, Nils Schneider   +6 more
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Health care professionals' perceptions towards lifelong learning in palliative care for general practitioners: a focus group study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: There is a growing need for palliative care. The majority of palliative patients prefer their general practitioner (GP) to organize their palliative home care. General practitioners need a range of competences to perform this task.
Deveugele, Myriam, Pype, Peter, Stes, Ann, Symons, Linda, Van den Eynden, Bart, Wens, Johan   +5 more
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A prospective cohort study assessing aggressive interventions at the end-of-life among patients with solid metastatic cancer

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Many patients with a solid metastatic cancer are treated aggressively during their last month of life. Using data from a large prospective cohort study of patients with an advanced cancer, we aimed to assess the number and predictors of ...
Chetna Malhotra, Filipinas Bundoc, Isha Chaudhry, Irene Teo, Semra Ozdemir, Eric Finkelstein, on behalf of COMPASS study group   +6 more
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What are the personal last wishes of people with a life-limiting illness? Findings from a longitudinal observational study in specialist palliative care

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Personal last wishes of people facing a life-limiting illness may change closer to death and may vary across different forms of specialist palliative care (SPC).
Anneke Ullrich, Wiebke Hollburg, Holger Schulz, Sven Goldbach, Annette Rommel, Marten Müller, Denise Kirsch, Katrin Kopplin-Foertsch, Julia Messerer, Louise König, Frank Schulz-Kindermann, Carsten Bokemeyer, Karin Oechsle   +12 more
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A critical literature review exploring the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia in the acute hospital setting [PDF]

, 2008
Aim. This paper considers the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia and the possible strategies to overcome barriers to endof-life care in these patients. Background.
Birch, Deborah, Draper, Janet
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