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Palliative care and Parkinson's disease : meeting summary and recommendations for clinical research [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Palliative care is an approach to caring for patients and families affected by serious illnesses that focuses on the relief of suffering through the management of medical symptoms, psychosocial issues, advance care planning and spiritual ...
Bekelman, David, Carter, Julie, Carter, Julie H., Fox, Siobhán, Galifianakis, Nicholas, Galifianakis, Nicholas B., Johnson, Miriam, Johnson, Miriam J., Katz, Maya, Kluger, Benzi, Kluger, Benzi M., Kutner, Jean, Kutner, Jean S., Miyasaki, Janis, Richfield, Edward, Richfield, Edward W., Subramanian, Indu, Timmons, Suzanne   +17 more
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Pediatric palliative care [PDF]

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2008
The WHO defines pediatric palliative care as the active total care of the child's body, mind and spirit, which also involves giving support to the family. Its purpose is to improve the quality of life of young patients and their families, and in the vast majority of cases the home is the best place to provide such care, but for cultural, affective ...
Marco Spizzichino, Manuela Trapanotto, Franca Benini, Anna Ferrante   +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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dry mouth in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty: a study protocol for two intervention studies and a nested qualitative sub-study (the Dry mOuth Project, DROP)

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Despite its prevalent and impactful nature, dry mouth remains an underexposed and undertreated symptom in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty.
Annelot I. van der Meulen, Evelien P. J. G. Neis, Ellen J. M. de Nijs, Bénédicte J. E. G. Coenegracht, Arianne Stoppelenburg, Marieke H. J. van den Beuken-van Everdingen, Yvette M. van der Linden   +6 more
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