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Involvement of palliative care in euthanasia practice in a context of legalized euthanasia : a population-based mortality follow-back study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: In the international debate about assisted dying, it is commonly stated that euthanasia is incompatible with palliative care. In Belgium, where euthanasia was legalized in 2002, the Federation for Palliative Care Flanders has endorsed the ...
Chambaere, Kenneth, Cohen, Joachim, Deliens, Luc, Dierickx, Sigrid   +3 more
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Impact, challenges and limits of inpatient palliative care consultations – perspectives of requesting and conducting physicians

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Inpatient palliative care consultation (IPCC) teams have been established to improve care for patients with specialist palliative care (PC) needs throughout all hospital departments.
Anja Coym, Karin Oechsle, Alena Kanitz, Nora Puls, David Blum, Carsten Bokemeyer, Anneke Ullrich   +6 more
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OGMAD: Optimal GTS-Allocation Mechanism for Adaptive Data Requirements in IEEE 802.15.4 Based Internet of Things

IEEE Access, 2019
Future Internet of Things (IoT) will utilize IEEE 802.15.4 based low data rate communication for various applications. In the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, nodes send data to their Personal Area Network (PAN) coordinator using the Guaranteed Time Slot (GTS ...
Ahmad Naseem Alvi, Sangrez Khan, Muhammad Awais Javed, Kostromitin Konstantin, Alaa Omran Almagrabi, Ali Kashif Bashir, Raheel Nawaz   +6 more
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Request strategies in email communication: The case of Indonesian graduate students in Japan

Studies in English Language and Education, 2020
While research in speech act has received a lot of academic attention, how requesting strategies are performed in email communication among non-native speakers in a broader cultural context remains scarcely sufficient.
Rezky Pratiwi Balman, Lee Sangmok, Narahiko Inoue   +2 more
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The Philosophy of Requesting in Official Letters: Arab Higher Educational Institutions

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences, 2022
This study analyses requesting as a pragmatic speech act. Pragmatics study language usage by examining meaning as understood in the speaker’s mind and receiver’s interpretation and focusing on what people mean by their words.
Abdulaziz Abdullatif Alhulaybi
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The Effect of the Picture Exchange Communication System on Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi
Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) protocol in teaching individuals with moderate/severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD) the ability to initiate spontaneous communication and ...
Derya Genç Tosun, Aslı Kanadlı
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Contraceptive usage in women requesting emergency contraception in Swaziland

South African Family Practice, 2015
Background: The Kingdom of Swaziland, following the introduction of the National Family Planning Programme in 1973, has witnessed insufficient scientific publications on the contraceptive practices in the country despite documented high fertility rates ...
S. A. Sonubi, Lushiku Nkombua
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Smart hospital emergency system via mobile-based requesting services [PDF]

, 2019
In recent years, the UK’s emergency call and response has shown elements of great strain as of today. The strain on emergency call systems estimated by a 9 million calls (including both landline and mobile) made in 2014 alone.
Al-Khafajiy, Mohammed, Baker, Thar, Kolivand, Hoshang, Tully, David, Waraich, Atif   +4 more
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Efficacy of a novel augmentative and alternative communication system in promoting requesting skills in young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in India: A pilot study

Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 2022
Background & aims: The study assessed the efficacy of a novel, child-friendly, socio-culturally sensitive, icon-based Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system called Jellow Communicator, in teaching requesting skills to young children with
Sudha Srinivasan, Siddhi Patel, Avadhut Khade, Gaganjot Bedi, Jyoti Mohite, Ajanta Sen, Ravi Poovaiah   +6 more
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Implementation of a care pathway based computerized order entry system streamlines test ordering and offers tools for benchmarking clinical practice

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2023
Background and aims: This is a narrative report on the development of specifications and of the stepwise implementation of a computerized physician order entry system (CPOE) in the University Hospitals Leuven, based on order sets integrated in care ...
Matthias Weemaes, Jeroen Appermont, Joris Welkenhuysen, Ivo Salden, Peter Leemans, Nicole De Wel, Katja Vanoosterwijck, Jef Vanderoost, Herman Arnauts, Leen Antonio, Brigitte Decallonne, Dirk Vanderschueren, Chantal Mathieu, Marc Van Ranst, Florent Vanstapel, Ann Verdonck   +15 more
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