Investigation Of Physical Activity, Fear Of Falling, And Functionality In Individuals With Lower Extremity Lymphedema [PDF]
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCERPurpose To investigate the fear of falling, physical activity, and functionality in patients with lymphedema in the lower extremities.
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The Lausanne Hospitality Model: a model integrating hospitality into supportive care
Purpose Cancer care is undergoing a conceptual shift with the introduction of the principles of patient-centered care to support patients’ individual needs. These needs include those related to hospitality during cancer treatments.
Sylvie Rochat +26 more
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Sexual health and wellbeing after pelvic radiotherapy among women with and without a reported history of sexual abuse : important issues in cancer survivorship care [PDF]
AIMS: Sexual abuse is a women's health concern globally. Although experience of sexual abuse and cancer may constitute risk factors for sexual dysfunction and low wellbeing, the effects of sexual abuse have received little attention in oncology care ...
Elmerstig, Eva, +19 more
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Teaching supportive care: what is the core curriculum?
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Cancer treatment options have developed rapidly in the past years. Targeted- and immune therapy have resulted in additional supportive care needs. This review describes a teaching program in supportive care. RECENT FINDINGS: Supportive
Herrstedt, Jørn +5 more
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Integration of complementary medicine in supportive cancer care: survey of health-care providers' perspectives from 16 countries in the Middle East [PDF]
In this multinational Middle-Eastern study, we assessed health-care providers' (HCPs) perspectives on their patients' use of complementary and traditional medicine (CTM) and identified the leading barriers to CTM integration in supportive cancer ...
Omran, Suha +28 more
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Background A third of patients with advanced cancer and bone metastasis suffer from cancer induced bone pain (CIBP), impeding quality of life, psychological distress, depression and anxiety.
Natasha Michael +3 more
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Development of a Generic Working Definition of ‘Supportive Care’ [PDF]
Context: The term ‘supportive care’, despite everyday and widespread use, remains an ambiguous concept that lacks clarity. A generic definition would underpin the development of services and provide a basis for disease specific approaches to care ...
Cramp, F +4 more
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Primary care palliative and supportive care services: Experiences and perceptions of patients with advanced progressive disease and their informal carers [PDF]
Palliative care can be defined as the active, holistic care of patients with advanced progressive illness, and incorporates symptom management with psychological, social and spiri-tual care (WHO, 1990).
Hardy, Beth
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Palliative care interventions for patients with head and neck cancer: protocol for a scoping review
Introduction A head and neck cancer (HNC) diagnosis significantly impacts a patient’s quality of life (QOL). Palliative care potentially improves their QOL.
Camilla Zimmermann +5 more
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A Systematic Scoping Review on Portfolios of Medical Educators
Background: Heralded as a teaching, assessment and reflective tool, and increasingly as a longitudinal and holistic perspective of the educator’s development, medical educator’s portfolios (MEP)s are increasingly employed to evaluate progress, assess for
Daniel Zhihao Hong +14 more
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