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Repeated exposure to trauma narratives and professional quality of life in palliative and end-of-life healthcare providers

Palliative & Supportive Care
Objectives This study examined how repeated exposure to trauma narratives influences professional quality of life, including burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS), and compassion satisfaction (CS), among end-of-life healthcare providers.
Suzanne A Brier, Amy L Nadel, C. Stone, R. M. Schwartz   +3 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life, Functional Impairment, and Healthcare Utilization by Veterans: Veterans' Quality of Life Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2004
Objectives: To describe the health status of veterans receiving care in a veterans integrated service network (VISN). Design: Cross‐sectional survey with prospective follow‐up ...
Jasvinder A, Singh, Steven J, Borowsky, Sean, Nugent, Maureen, Murdoch, Yanli, Zhao, David B, Nelson, Robert, Petzel, Kristin L, Nichol   +7 more
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Effects of a mindfulness-based programme on the health- and work-related quality of life of healthcare professionals.

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2020
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The objective of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programmes is to promote awareness of the present moment without judging, evaluating or reacting to the different thoughts or emotions that may arise.
María Luisa Cascales-Pérez, R. Ferrer-Cascales, M. Fernández-Alcántara, M. Cabañero‐Martínez   +3 more
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Muslims and End-of-Life Healthcare in Non-Muslim Majority Nations: A Systematic Literature Review.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
CONTEXT As Muslim populations in non-Muslim majority nations grow and age, they will increasingly require culturally appropriate healthcare. Delivering such care requires understanding their experiences with, as well as preferences regarding, end-of-life
Natasha Z. Piracha, Lauren B. Nickel, Afiya Quryshi, Ramy Salah, A. Padela   +4 more
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Healthcare apartheid and quality of life for people with disabilities

Quality of Life Research, 2010
The sizzling debate on healthcare reform has very little to do with me as a person with a significant physical disability, yet it fuels the fire in my belly. I am well insured because I work and supposedly have access to some of the best healthcare in the world, yet I continue to receive, and suffer from, some services that are second-class for several
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Opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence and distributed systems to improve the quality of healthcare service

Artif. Intell. Medicine
The healthcare sector, characterized by vast datasets and many diseases, is pivotal in shaping community health and overall quality of life. Traditional healthcare methods, often characterized by limitations in disease prevention, predominantly react to ...
Sarina Aminizadeh, Arash Heidari, Mahshid Dehghan, Shiva Toumaj, Mahsa Rezaei, N. Navimipour, Fabio Stroppa, Mehmet Unal   +7 more
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Effects of Use of Alternative Therapies on Quality of Life and Healthcare Spending

The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 2007
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a costly disease that causes much morbidity and mortality in the world, and it was the sixth leading cause of disability in developed countries. We aim to study the utilization pattern of alternative therapies and their effects on quality of life and personal health spending in Chinese OA patients in Hong Kong.
Lau, WCS, Lam, D, Chiu, P, Woo, J, Zhang, JX, Lee, P   +5 more
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Resilience and Professional Quality of Life among Military Healthcare Providers

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2014
The retention of qualified military healthcare providers is a top priority for Department of Defense (DoD) leaders. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between resilience and professional quality of life and to explore differences among providers who had been deployed and those who had never been deployed.
Colleen, Leners, Ramona, Sowers, Mary T, Quinn Griffin, Joyce J, Fitzpatrick   +3 more
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Quality of Life assessment: A paradigm shift in healthcare?

The Irish Journal of Psychology, 1997
The assessment of patient quality of life is assuming increasing importance in medicine and healthcare. In addition to their biological effects, illnesses, diseases and their treatments can have significant impact on mobility, mood, life satisfaction, cognition and the ability to fulfil occupational, social and family roles.
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HAPPINESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE

Materials of the 5th International Academic Conference “Happiness and Contemporary Society”
Happiness and quality of life in medicine and healthcare are inextricably linked to the experience of patients and the way the healthcare system responds to their needs. Modern medicine increasingly recognizes that treatment is not only about eliminating the symptoms of diseases, but also about improving the quality of life of patients.
Paulina WOJTYLA-BUCHORA, Lucyna KAPKA- SKRZYPCZAK, Andrzej WOJTYLA, Oksana HDYRYA, Andriy BAZYLEVYCH   +4 more
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