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Involvement of Specialist Palliative Care in a Stroke Unit in Austria—Challenges for Families and Stroke Teams

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2021
Purpose: Severe stroke poses vast challenges. Appropriate goals of care according to individual preferences and values have to be developed under time restrictions—often impeded by limited ability to communicate and the need for decisions by surrogates ...
Renate Riesinger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

General practice palliative care: Patient and carer expectations, advance care plans and place of death-a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: With an increasing ageing population in most countries, the role of general practitioners (GPs) and general practice nurses (GPNs) in providing optimal end of life (EoL) care is increasingly important.
Aubin, Michele   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Care and compassion at the end of life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Aim: To examine the provision of the ‘end of life care strategy’ and the perception of provision by patients and carers. Introduction: In determining what constitutes excellence in care at the end of life, one must firstly acknowledge ‘what care and ...
Brown, Michelle
core   +2 more sources

The Capital Investment Strategy for Radiation therapy in Ontario: A Framework to Ensure Access to Radiation Therapy

open access: yesAdvances in Radiation Oncology, 2020
Purpose: Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), formerly known as CCO, is the provincial governmental agency in Ontario, Canada responsible for developing radiation therapy-specific capital investment strategies, updated every 5 years, to ensure equitable
Rachel M. Glicksman, MD, MSc   +12 more
doaj  

Caspian nursing process: Impactions on new-onset constipations in admission, discharge, and follow-up of acute stroke patients

open access: yesIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2022
Background: Structural planning is essential for the management of constipation in stroke patients. The current study aims to determine the impact of a care plan on the frequency of new-onset constipation following stroke.
Shayan Alijanpour   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of Medical Information Determine the Quality of Diagnosis Code [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The accuracy of the diagnosis code has implications for future patient care planning, provision of health services and patient care costs. Therefore, this study has analyzed the influence of the quality of medical information on the quality of the ...
Ismayani, A. (Ani)   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

From precision medicine to precision care: Choosing and using precision medicine in the context of multimorbidity

open access: yesCambridge Prisms: Precision Medicine, 2023
Rapid advances in precision medicine promise dramatic reductions in morbidity and mortality for a growing array of conditions. To realize the benefits of precision medicine and minimize harm, it is necessary to address real-world challenges encountered ...
Arlene S. Bierman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Applying the key principles of nutrition to nursing practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article outlines the importance of good nutrition in adults and children. With reference to adult nursing, the article highlights the benefits of nutritional screening of patients, identifies alternative foods for undernourished patients, and ...
Coxall, Kim   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Implementation fidelity of a strategy to integrate service delivery: learnings from a transitional care program for individuals with complex needs in Singapore

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background To cope with rising demand for healthcare services in Singapore, Regional Health Systems (RHS) comprising of health and social care providers across care settings were set up to integrate service delivery.
Milawaty Nurjono   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

People with Multiple Long-Term Health Problems: Personalized Care Planning

open access: yesPortuguese Journal of Public Health, 2023
Background: The personalized care planning is a collaborative process used in managing long-term health conditions when the person and health professionals identify and discuss problems caused by or related to the health condition and develop a plan to ...
Edgar Canais, Lucília Nunes
doaj   +1 more source

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