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A Review on Palliative Care Challenges and Benefits [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Palliative care is a treatment strategy that aims to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from various serious illnesses. Palliative care is provided to these patients by experts from multidisciplinary fields utilising a holistic approach ...
Amit Agrawal +3 more
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Cancer Medicine, 2023 Background Few studies have described the settings cancer decedents spend their end‐of‐life stage, with none considering homecare specifically. We describe the different settings of care experienced in the last 100 days of life by individuals with cancer
Abe Hafid +11 more
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How do our Dialysis Patients Die?
Revista Portuguesa de Nefrologia e Hipertensão, 2023 Introduction: Elderly patients are the most frequent patients admitted to dialysis units. Relatively little is known about standards on endof-life (EOL) care among dialysis patients.
Ana Farinha +7 more
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Nursing and Midwifery Studies, 2021 Background: In the last days of life, home-dwelling terminally-ill older patients have complex care needs. End-of-life (EOL) care for these patients is usually delivered at home.
Manijeh Dehi +3 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 This mixed-method study explored the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on owners' veterinary healthcare seeking, with particular focus on dogs with chronic conditions.
Sara C. Owczarczak-Garstecka +6 more
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Exploring the Potential Use of Wearable Devices as a Prognostic Tool among Patients in Hospice Care
Medicina, 2022 Background: Smartphones and wearable devices have become a part and parcel of the healthcare industry. The use of wearable technology has already proved its potentials in improving healthcare research, clinical work, and patient care.
Yaoru Huang +5 more
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Assessment of Attitude and Knowledge Towards the End- Of-Life Care Amongst Nurses Working at Kigali University Teaching Hospital, Rwanda [PDF]
Rwanda Medical Journal, 2021 BACKGROUND: To provide quality end of life care, nurses must have a good level of knowledge and an appropriate attitude towards palliative care (PC). PC is conventionally regarded as the care of a moribund patient.
A. Kanyamuhunga +2 more
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A critical literature review exploring the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia in the acute hospital setting [PDF]
, 2008 Aim. This paper considers the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia and the possible strategies to overcome barriers to endof-life care in these patients. Background.
Birch, Deborah, Draper, Janet
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Ethical Aspects of End-of-Life Care and End-Stage Disease: A Review Article
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2020 Background: End of Life Care (EOL) and End-Stage Patients Care (ED) is usually presented in an environment full of a variety of emotional and moral challenges, the recognition of them can improve the quality of EOL services.
Elaheh Moazam +2 more
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