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“I couldn’t say goodbye”: Thematic analysis of interviews with bereaved relatives who lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Palliative Care
Background Delivering serious news is usually challenging for healthcare professionals and the pandemic of COVID-19 and related restrictions brought additional challenges in this process.
Karolina Vlckova, Kristyna Polakova, Adam Houska, Marketa Zindulkova, Martin Loucka   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

EAPC task force on education for psychologists in palliative care [PDF]

, 2010
It is argued that psychological aspects of care and psychosocial problems are essential components of palliative care. However, the provision of appropriate services remains somewhat arbitrary. Unlike medical and nursing care, which are clearly delivered
Costantini, A., Jünger, S., Kalus, C., Payne, Sheila, Werth, J. L.   +4 more
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Is individual educational level related to end-of-life care use? : results from a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Belgium [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Educational level has repeatedly been identified as an important determinant of access to health care, but little is known about its influence on end-of-life care use.
Bilsen, Johan, Bossuyt, Nathalie, Cohen, Joachim, Deliens, Luc, Echteld, Michael, Meeussen, Koen, Van Casteren, Viviane, Van den Block, Lieve   +7 more
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Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

“From good hearted community members we get volunteers” – an exploratory study of palliative care volunteers across Africa

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background Volunteers play a significant role in supporting hospice and palliative care in Africa, but little is known about the types of volunteers, their motivations and roles in service delivery.
Carolin Clara Loth, Eve Namisango, Richard Antony Powell, Katharina Henny Pabst, Mhoira Leng, Mohamed Hamada, Lukas Radbruch   +6 more
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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

Involvement of palliative care services strongly predicts place of death in Belgium [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction: Place of death is considered a quality indicator of end-of-life care and enabling people to die were they choose is an important aspiration of palliative care.
Bossuyt, Nathalie, Cohen, Joachim, Deliens, Luc, Houttekier, Dirk, Van den Block, Lieve   +4 more
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Complementary music therapy for cancer patients in at-home palliative care and their caregivers: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2020
Background Patients with advanced cancer, receiving at-home palliative care, are subject to numerous symptoms that are changeable and often require attention, a stressful situation that also impacts on the family caregiver.
Barón López, Francisco Javier, Casals Vázquez, Cristina, Espinar Toledo, Milagrosa, Martínez Valero, Francisco Javier, Valero Cantero, Inmaculada, Vázquez Sánchez, María Ángeles   +5 more
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Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source