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“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
doaj   +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
doaj   +1 more source

The case for hospital-based palliative care [PDF]

, 2005
18 pagesDescribes how hospitals are delivering improved palliative ...
Center to Advance Palliative Care
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Berberine–cinnamic acid co‐crystal effect in ameliorating hyperlipidemia might be regulated through the PI3K/AKT/mTOR/SREBP‐1 signaling pathway

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Berberine–cinnamic acid co‐crystal (BBR‐CA) inhibits the phosphorylation of the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, suppressing the transfer of pre‐sterol regulatory element‐binding proteins‐1 (SREBP‐1) from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus. This results in a decrease in the expression level of
Wenheng Gao, Yunlong Li, Lihua Chen, Wenshuo Yang, Yong He, Ye Yang, Dengke Yin, Song Tan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives of telemedicine-based services among family caregivers of patients with end-of-life cancer: a qualitative study in mainland China

BMC Palliative Care
Background Despite being driven by a strong sense of duty and familial obligation, providing care for patients nearing the end of life poses challenges for family caregivers.
Junchen Guo, Xianghua Xu, Chaoyi Liu, Ying Wang, Yongyi Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Specialist Palliative Care Services and Place of Death in Ireland [PDF]

, 2013
The aim of this report is to provide data, analysis and commentary to stimulate discussion on emerging trends in relation to the provision of specialist palliative care in Ireland.
Eugene Murray, Kathleen McLoughlin, Sharon Foley   +2 more
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Metformin promotes mitochondrial integrity through AMPK‐signaling in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Metformin mediates mitochondrial quality control in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) fibroblasts carrying mtDNA mutations. At therapeutic levels, metformin activates AMPK signaling to restore mitochondrial dynamics by promoting fusion and restraining fission, while preserving mitochondrial mass, enhancing autophagy/mitophagy and biogenesis ...
Chatnapa Panusatid, Rapasviranda Soiyangsuk, Maneeluck Tanadjindarat, Chayanon Peerapittayamongkol   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A National Quality Initiative to Improve Palliative Care Outcomes: Identifying Enabling Factors that Drive Quality Improvement

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC), established in 2005 and funded by the Australian Government, is a national quality improvement initiative that integrates patient outcome measures into routine clinical practice.
Sabina Clapham, Katherine Clark, Kylie Draper, Fiorina Mastroianni, Jesse Rand, Lisa Redwood, David Currow   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Communication in the face of death and dying - how does the encounter with death influence the patient management competence of medical students? An outcome-evaluation

BMC Medical Education, 2022
Background information As part of an elective course, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Palliative Medicine at Duesseldorf University Hospital offers medical students the opportunity to personally meet and talk to a seriously ill patient on one or more ...
T. Thyson, M. Schallenburger, A. Scherg, A. Leister, J. Schwartz, M. Neukirchen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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