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Provider Perspectives on the Influence of Family on Nursing Home Resident Transfers to the Emergency Department: Crises at the End of Life. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background. Nursing home (NH) residents often experience burdensome and unnecessary care transitions, especially towards the end of life. This paper explores provider perspectives on the role that families play in the decision to transfer NH residents to
Bui, Nhat   +6 more
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PALLIATIVE MEDICINE AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REFORMING

open access: yesРинкова економіка: сучасна теорія і практика управління, 2016
The article describes the results of the analysis of national and international scientific literature, legal acts, statistical data, which define the relevance and the way the system of palliative care in Ukraine.
С. В. Лінніков
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of spiritual care training for palliative care professionals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Little is known about the effects of spiritual care training for professionals in palliative medicine. We therefore investigated prospectively the effects of such training over a six-month period.
Association of Hospice   +11 more
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Leadership in palliative medicine: moral, ethical and educational

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2018
Background Making particular use of Shale’s analysis, this paper discusses the notion of leadership in the context of palliative medicine. Whilst offering a critical perspective, I build on the philosophy of palliative care offered by Randall and Downie ...
Nathan Emmerich
doaj   +1 more source

Du “tabou de la mort” à l’accompagnement de fin de vie.

open access: yesAnthropologie & Santé, 2016
In the middle of the twentieth century, the growing need to provide a new type of care to patients suffering from incurable diseases, distinct from the care given until then in hospitals, resulted in the emergence of palliative medicine. Thus, palliative
Pauline Launay
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to the development of palliative care in Western Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Eurobarometer Survey of the <i>EAPC Task Force on the Development of Palliative Care in Europe</i> is part of a programme of work to produce comprehensive information on the provision of palliative care across Europe.
A. Giordano   +20 more
core   +1 more source

Dying with Dignity : Is This a Universal Concept? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Centeno C   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Professionals’ experiences and attitudes toward use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in hospice palliative inpatient care units: A multicenter survey in Taiwan

open access: yesIntegrative Medicine Research, 2021
Background: Medical staff may have difficulties in using conventional medicine to manage symptoms among terminally ill patients, including adverse effects of the treatment.
Yu-Jia Lin   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Care at the End of Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Reviews RWJF's investments in improving end-of-life care, impact on the field, and lessons learned, including the need to coordinate objectives, integrate strategies, tie strategies to policy changes and incentives, and link communications and ...
Abby Spector   +2 more
core   +1 more source

History, culture and traditions: the silent spaces in the study of spirituality at the end of life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Recent increase in the number of studies on spirituality manifests growing recognition of the importance of spirituality, as well as mounting interest in studying spirituality in healthcare.
Inbadas, Hamilton
core   +2 more sources

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