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Palliative care : needs and expectations in a HIV Care Centre [PDF]

, 2009
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-68).To determine the demographics and the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs and expectations for the palliative care of a homeless community in an HIV Care Centre, located in the ...
Maarschalk, Therese
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Development of an international Core Outcome Set (COS) for best care for the dying person: study protocol

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background In contrast to typical measures employed to assess outcomes in healthcare such as mortality or recovery rates, it is difficult to define which specific outcomes of care are the most important in caring for dying individuals.
Sofia C. Zambrano, Dagny Faksvåg Haugen, Agnes van der Heide, Vilma A. Tripodoro, John Ellershaw, Carl Johan Fürst, Raymond Voltz, Stephen Mason, María L. Daud, Gustavo De Simone, Kerstin Kremeike, Svandis Iris Halfdanardottir, Valgerdur Sigurdardottir, Jeremy Johnson, Simon Allan, Haroon Hafeez, Catarina Simões, Katrin Ruth Sigurdardottir, Birgit H. Rasmussen, Paula Williamson, Steffen Eychmüller, in collaboration with the iLIVE consortium   +21 more
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Preferences and end of life care for residents of aged care facilities: a mixed methods study

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Residential aged care facilities is one of the most common places to deliver of end of life care. A lack of evidence regarding preferred place for end of life care for residents of aged care facilities impacts on delivery of care and prevents ...
Moberley Sarah, Hewitt Jacqui, Attia John, Cole Janean, Bevington Joelle, Oldmeadow Christopher, Howard Zach, Hughes Rachel   +7 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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Palliative oncology and palliative care

Molecular Oncology, 2022
New therapeutic approaches can produce promising results even in severely ill cancer patients. But they also pose new challenges with respect to prognostication, as patients who were once not eligible for treatment, due to age or comorbidities, now are. Palliative oncology constitutes a major part of oncological care, with life prolongation and quality
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Palliative Care

RGUHS Journal of Medical Sciences, 2011
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Quality of palliative care in identified palliative care beds

International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2020
Background: Dedicated identified palliative care beds (IPCB) are unique to France. Aims: This study aimed to assess their use and advantages in a medical oncology department of a private provincial hospital. Findings: Of the last 100 patients who died in the medical oncology department, 57 had an IPCB.
Viel, Erika, Vanoli, André, Truong, David, Harami, Djamel, Filbet, Marilène, Chaumier, François, Tricou, Colombe   +6 more
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Integrating palliative surgery and palliative care

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2022
We report a challenging patient journey at a rural New Zealand hospital affiliated with a hospice programme. This case illustrates the complexities and rewards of achieving a valuable and sensible collaboration among various teams to ensure the best possible outcome for surgical patients receiving palliative care.
Amanda Charity Sommerfeldt, Natasha Austin, Monica Londahl, Konrad Klaus Richter   +3 more
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Measuring palliative care integration in Malawi through service provision, access, and training indicators: the Waterloo Coalition Initiative

BMC Palliative Care
Background Fewer than 1 in 20 people on the African continent in need of palliative care receive it. Malawi is a low-income country in sub-Saharan Africa that has yet to achieve advanced palliative care integration accompanied by unrestricted access to ...
Fatia Kiyange, Mackuline Atieno, Emmanuel B. K. Luyirika, Zipporah Ali, Helena Musau, Lameck Thambo, John Y. Rhee, Eve Namisango, William E. Rosa   +8 more
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Prognosis, Communication, and Advance Care Planning in Heart Failure: A Module for Students, Residents, Fellows, and Practicing Clinicians

MedEdPORTAL, 2017
Introduction The increasing prevalence, high symptom burden, and medical advances that often prolong the advanced phase of heart failure mandate an organized and thoughtful approach to medical decision making.
April Zehm, Charlotta Lindvall, Kimberly Parks, Kristen Schaefer, Eva Chittenden   +4 more
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