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End of Life Care in Terminal Head and Neck Cancer- An Amalgamated Approach [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Oral cancer is among the leading causes of cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide, and palliative care is a critical requirement for cancer patients. It is a multidisciplinary strategy that involves professionals from a variety of medical specialities.
Karthikeya Patil, Nagabhushana Doggalli, VG Mahima, CJ Sanjay, Romali Panda   +4 more
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Priority to end of life treatments? Views of the public in the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives:Recent debates in the Netherlands on health care priority setting have focused on the relative value of gains generated by life-extending medicines for people with a terminal illness, mostly new cancer drugs.
Baker, Rachel, Brouwer, Werner B.F., van Exel, Job, Wouters, Sofie   +3 more
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Philosophical Reflection about Death and End-of-Life Experiences in Medical Education: A Brief Report of Medical Students' Experiences in a Flipped Classroom [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences
Death and end-of-life care are crucial yet often overlooked topics in healthcare education. This study explores the integration of philosophical reflection into a Flipped Classroom (FC) model within a graduate course on Collective Health at Universidade ...
Carolina Marquez, Marina Lyra, Solange Nappo   +2 more
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Prognostic value of a modified surprise question designed for use in the emergency department setting [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2019
Objective Few reliable and valid prognostic tools are available to help emergency physicians identify patients who might benefit from early palliative approaches.
Samir A. Haydar, Tania D. Strout, Alicia G. Bond, Paul KJ Han   +3 more
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Antibiotics use patterns in end-of-life cancer patients and medical staff’s perception of antimicrobial stewardship programs [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Background/Aims While most cancer patients with end-of-life (EOL) care receive antibiotic treatments, antibiotic use should be decided appropriately considering the benefits, side effects, resistance, and cost effects. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (
Min Kwan Kwon, Kyung Hwa Jung, Sungim Choi, Hyeonjeong Kim, Chang-Yun Woo, Mingee Lee, Jeong Geun Ji, Hyo-Ju Son   +7 more
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End-of-life priorities of older adults with terminal illness and caregivers: A qualitative consultation [PDF]

, 2019
Background As older adults approach the end‐of‐life (EOL), many are faced with complex decisions including whether to use medical advances to prolong life. Limited information exists on the priorities of older adults at the EOL.
Barr, Margo, Cardona, Magnolia, Dawson, Angela, Hanly, Laura, Harrison, Reema, Hillman, Ken, Lewis, Ebony T., McFarland, Kathryn, Psirides, Alex, Zammit, Alexandra   +9 more
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Approaching the end of life and dying with dementia in care homes : the accounts of family carers. [PDF]

, 2010
Research into end of life and dying with dementia in care homes from the family carer's perspective is limited. From the available evidence, it appears that family carers find themselves in an unfamiliar situation about which they lack knowledge and ...
Froggatt, Katherine, Hennings, J., Keady, J.   +2 more
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Terminal Dönem Bir Hastalıkları Olsa Doktorlar Nasıl Ölmek İsterdi? Bir Anket Çalışması

Ankara Medical Journal, 2018
Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç hekimlerin terminal dönemde olan bir hastalıkları olması halinde kendilerineuygulanmasını istedikleri ya da istemedikleri tedavileri saptamak ve yaptıkları bu tercihlerinin yaş vehekimlik yılı ya da branş gibi parametrelerden ...
Ramazan Avcu, Şervan Gökhan, Gül Pamukçu Günaydın, Ayhan Özhasenekler, Fatih Tanrıverdi, Gülhan Kurtoğlu Çelik, Alp Şener   +6 more
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Early identification of and proactive palliative care for patients in general practice, incentive and methods of a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND According to the Word Health Organization, patients who can benefit from palliative care should be identified earlier to enable proactive palliative care.
Engels, Yvonne, Galesloot, Cilia, Groot, Marieke, Prins, Judith, Thoonsen, Bregje, van Weel, Chris, Verhagen, Stans, Vissers, Kris   +7 more
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Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units (INAPPT-ICU): Point Prevalence Study

Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2022
Objective: Technological advances increased prolonged life expectancy of the terminal patients, who had end-stage diseases. End-of-life care in intensive care units (ICU) has increased with the rise in admissions of terminal patients to ICU.
Elif Erdoğan Öngel, Hülya Sungurtekin, Elif Erdoğan Öngel, Hülya Sungurtekin, Dilek Memiş, Demet Tok Aydın, Hilal Ayoğlu, Ferruh Ayoğlu, Işıl Özkoçak Turan, Çetin Kaymak, Dilek Özcengiz, Mustafa Kemal Bayar, Yalım Dikmen   +12 more
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