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Medical Assistance in Dying in patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers: a mixed methods longitudinal study protocol

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background The legal criteria for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) for adults with a grievous and irremediable medical condition were established in Canada in 2016.
Madeline Li, Gilla K. Shapiro, Roberta Klein, Anne Barbeau, Anne Rydall, Jennifer A. H. Bell, Rinat Nissim, Sarah Hales, Camilla Zimmermann, Rebecca K. S. Wong, Gary Rodin   +10 more
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Video decision support tool promoting values conversations in advanced care planning in cancer: protocol of a randomised controlled trial

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Views on advance care planning (ACP) has shifted from a focus solely on treatment decisions at the end-of-life and medically orientated advanced directives to encouraging conversations on personal values and life goals, patient-caregiver ...
Natasha Michael, Clare O’Callaghan, Ekavi Georgousopoulou, Adelaide Melia, Merlina Sulistio, David Kissane   +5 more
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To be Supportive or to Care For [PDF]

Journal of Nursing & Care, 2013
Support is described as an interactive process that affects wellbeing and health of the individual and it consist of emotional, appraisal, informative and practical acts [1]. Support is linked to social roles and the attachment process [2] which will affect the individual ability both to interact with other people but also to trust other people [3 ...
Thorstensson, Stina, Ekström, Anette
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From a voluntary vaccination policy to mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 in cancer patients: an empirical and interdisciplinary study in bioethics

BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
Background At the start of 2021, oncologists lacked the necessary scientific knowledge to adapt their clinical practices optimally when faced with cancer patients refusing or reluctant to be vaccinated against COVID-19, despite the marked vulnerability ...
Henri-Corto Stoeklé, Sakina Sekkate, Elisabeth Angellier, Titouan Kennel, Asmahane Benmaziane, May Mabro, Jean-François Geay, Philippe Beuzeboc, Christian Hervé   +8 more
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Palliative care in day-hospital for advanced cancer patients: a study protocol for a multicentre randomized controlled trial

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Team-based and timely integrated palliative care is a gold standard of care in oncology, but issues concerning its optimal organization remain.
Laura Marret, Amélie Anota, Lorraine Waechter, Celine Laouisset, Timothee Marchal, Alexis Burnod, Elisabeth Angellier, Oum El Kheir Djoumakh, Clemence Thebaut, Anne Brédart, Sylvie Dolbeault, Jean-Christophe Mino, Carole Bouleuc   +12 more
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The impact of COVID-19 on the experiences of patients and their family caregivers with medical assistance in dying in hospital

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures have drastically impacted end-of-life and grief experiences globally, including those related to medical assistance in dying (MAiD). No known qualitative studies to date have examined the MAiD
Eryn Tong, Rinat Nissim, Debbie Selby, Sally Bean, Elie Isenberg-Grzeda, Tharshika Thangarasa, Gary Rodin, Madeline Li, Sarah Hales   +8 more
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Evaluating assessment tools of the quality of clinical ethics consultations: a systematic scoping review from 1992 to 2019

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background Amidst expanding roles in education and policy making, questions have been raised about the ability of Clinical Ethics Committees (CEC) s to carry out effective ethics consultations (CECons).
Nicholas Yue Shuen Yoon, Yun Ting Ong, Hong Wei Yap, Kuang Teck Tay, Elijah Gin Lim, Clarissa Wei Shuen Cheong, Wei Qiang Lim, Annelissa Mien Chew Chin, Ying Pin Toh, Min Chiam, Stephen Mason, Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna   +11 more
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Could palliative sedation be seen as unnamed euthanasia?: a survey among healthcare professionals in oncology

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background In 2016 a French law created a new right for end-of-life patients: deep and continuous sedation maintained until death, with discontinuation of all treatments sustaining life such as artificial nutrition and hydration.
E. Lucchi, M. Milder, A. Dardenne, C. Bouleuc   +3 more
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Impact of ambulatory palliative care on symptoms and service outcomes in cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background The integration of palliative care into routine cancer care has allowed for improved symptom control, relationship building and goal setting for patients and families.
Rajvi Shah, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Ziad Al-Rubaie, Merlina Sulistio, Hoong Tee, Adelaide Melia, Natasha Michael   +6 more
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The Arizona Kith and Kin Project

Occasional Paper Series, 2017
In 1999, soon after the federal welfare reform was enacted, many people in Pheonix, Arizona were transitioning off of welfare and into the workforce. When considering job development in any any community, the focus shifts to child care needs.
Sarah Ocampo-Schlesinger, Vicki McCarty
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