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Evolution and change in palliative care around the world [PDF]

, 2011
Palliative care developed in the later part of the 20th century as a social movement and medical speciality. Central to its modern development were the ideas of Dr Cicely Saunders, whose vision for improving the care of the dying encompassed the physical,
Clark, Clark, Clark, David Clark, Fiona Graham, Harding, Shaw, Veerbeek, Wright   +8 more
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Palliative care for people with dementia living at home: a systematic review of interventions [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The European Association for Palliative Care White Paper defined optimal palliative care in dementia based on evidence and expert consensus. Yet, we know little on how to achieve this for people with dementia living and dying at home.
Bunn, Frances, Goodman, Claire, Lynch, Jennifer, Miranda, Rose, Van den Block, Lieve   +4 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
doaj   +1 more source

Need for additional professional psychosocial and spiritual support in patients with advanced diseases in the course of specialist palliative care – a longitudinal observational study

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background We investigated the need for additional professional support and associated factors in patients (pts) at initiation and in the course of in- and outpatient specialist palliative care (I-SPC/O-SPC).
Anneke Ullrich, Holger Schulz, Sven Goldbach, Wiebke Hollburg, Annette Rommel, Marten Müller, Denise Kirsch, Katrin Kopplin-Förtsch, Julia Messerer, Louise König, Frank Schulz-Kindermann, Carsten Bokemeyer, Karin Oechsle   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Key features of palliative care service delivery to Indigenous peoples in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States: A comprehensive review [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Indigenous peoples in developed countries have reduced life expectancies, particularly from chronic diseases. The lack of access to and take up of palliative care services of Indigenous peoples is an ongoing concern.
A Liberati, B Finke, C McMichael, CA DeCourtney, CA Decourtney, D Meier, E Nicholson, Emma V. Taylor, G Bellamy, H Castleden, H Prince, I Byock, IM Ramsden, J Daly, J Kitzes, J Oetzel, JA Kitzes, JG Oetzel, John A. Woods, K Eager, KE Hotson, KL Braun, L Kelly, L Marr, M Cottle, M Dembinsky, M Dixon-Woods, M Hampton, M Hampton, M Isaacson, N St Pierre-Hansen, NJ Brooke, O Fried, P McGrath, P McGrath, P McGrath, P McGrath, PD McGrath, PD McGrath, PM Davidson, R Fernandes, R Frey, R Frey, R Lawrenson, R McConigley, S Aoun, S Colquhoun, S Mann, S Schrader, S Shahid, S Shahid, Samar M. Aoun, Sandra C. Thompson, Shaouli Shahid, Shelley Cheetham, T Greenhalgh, T Slater, TA Carey, V Fruch, Y Bray, YY Colclough   +60 more
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The pattern of change in opioid and adjuvant prescriptions for cancer pain before and after referral to a comprehensive program in the Palliative Care Center in Kuwait

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Cancer-related pain is a complicated symptom that often coincides with fatigue, depression, and anxiety. Although many safe treatments are available, inadequate control of Cancer-related pain continues to lead to suffering in cancer patients ...
Ameena Mohammed Al-Ansari, Wafaa Mostafa Abd-El-Gawad, Sobhi Mostafa AboSerea, Eman El Sayed ElShereafy, Fatma Abdel Shakor Ali, Mohammed Abd Elaziz ElSayed   +5 more
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A randomised trial of early palliative care for maternal stress in infants prenatally diagnosed with single-ventricle heart disease [PDF]

, 2018
Children with single-ventricle disease experience high mortality and complex care. In other life-limiting childhood illnesses, paediatric palliative care may mitigate maternal stress.
Aiyagari, Ranjit, Bhat, Priya, Donohue, Janet, Fifer, Carly, Hancock, Hayley S, Lowery, Ray, Pituch, Ken, Silveira, Maria, Uzark, Karen, Welch, Suzanne, Yu, Sunkyung   +10 more
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Performance analysis of control allocation using data‐driven integral quadratic constraints

Advanced Control for Applications, Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2022., 2022
Abstract A new method is presented for evaluating the performance of a nonlinear control allocation system within a linear control loop. To that end, a worst‐case gain analysis problem is formulated that can be readily solved by means of well‐established methods from robustness analysis using integral quadratic constraints (IQCs).
Manuel Pusch, Daniel Ossmann, Harald Pfifer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prognostic awareness and its association with health outcomes in the last year of life

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background Little research has examined changes in prognostic awareness (PA) in the last year of life and the extent PA change was associated with anxiety, depression, and spiritual well‐being among metastatic cancer patients.
Semra Ozdemir, Isha Chaudhry, Sean Ng, Irene Teo, Chetna Malhotra, Eric Andrew Finkelstein, COMPASS Study Group   +6 more
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Unlocking the potential of tumor‐derived DNA in urine for cancer detection: methodological challenges and opportunities

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Urine is a rich source of biomarkers for cancer detection. Tumor‐derived material is released into the bloodstream and transported to the urine. Urine can easily be collected from individuals, allowing non‐invasive cancer detection. This review discusses the rationale behind urine‐based cancer detection and its potential for cancer diagnostics ...
Birgit M. M. Wever, Renske D. M. Steenbergen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source