A critical literature review exploring the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia in the acute hospital setting [PDF]
, 2008 Aim. This paper considers the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia and the possible strategies to overcome barriers to endof-life care in these patients. Background.
Birch, Deborah, Draper, Janet
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Results of the Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group's United Kingdom Relapsed Wilms Tumour Trial
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The United Kingdom relapsed Wilms tumour (UKW‐R) trial aimed to improve the historically low survival rates after relapse of Wilms tumour (WT) through a prospective national risk‐stratified protocol. The trial also evaluated efficacy and toxicity of high‐dose melphalan.
Sucheta J. Vaidya +10 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background Internal medicine residents are responsible for providing much of the direct care for palliative and terminally ill patients in teaching hospitals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Halah Ibrahim, Thana Harhara
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An evaluation of palliative care education in the specialist training programme in family medicine [PDF]
, 2010 Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the teaching in palliative care (PC) provided during the Specialist Training Programme in Family Medicine (STPFM) in Malta.
Abela, Jurgen C., Mallia, Pierre
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Health care professionals' perceptions towards lifelong learning in palliative care for general practitioners: a focus group study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: There is a growing need for palliative care. The majority of palliative patients prefer their general practitioner (GP) to organize their palliative home care. General practitioners need a range of competences to perform this task.
Deveugele, Myriam +5 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Transition to adult services for children and young people with palliative care needs : a systematic review [PDF]
, 2009 Objective: To evaluate the evidence on the transition process from child to adult services for young people with palliative care needs. Design: Systematic review Setting: Child and adult services and interface between healthcare providers.
Adi, Y. +6 more
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Clinical Course and Impact of Breaks in Therapy for Children With Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumors
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Pediatric relapsed or refractory (R/R) solid tumors carry a dismal prognosis, and postrelapse patient experiences are not well described. We present postrelapse outcomes, including number of R/R events and subsequent therapy regimens.
Matthew T. McEvoy +5 more
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Curing Diseases and Healing Suffering: Inspiration from Developments in Palliative Medicine
International Journal of Gerontology, 2008 Geriatrics and palliative medicine are medical specialties that share much in common: they are relatively recent disciplines, they deal with the elderly, and end-of-life issues are prominent.
Douglas T. Bridge
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Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig +13 more
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