Palliative and end-of-life care in the emergency department [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022 With current medical advances, the human population continues to age. This presents healthcare practitioners with the increasing complexity of providing care to elderly patients with multifactorial medical and personal needs.
Alice Chang +3 more
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Care for patients with advanced cancer in the last weeks of life in Brazil
Brazilian Journal of Oncology, 2022 Despite all advances in the treatment of neoplasms and substantial increases in fiveyear survival rates, most patients still die due to their diseases. Late diagnosis in some circumstances and resistance mechanisms throughout treatment still cause most ...
David Hui +7 more
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The World Journal of Men's Health, 2021 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate end-of-life resource utilization and costs for prostate cancer patients during the last year of life in Korea.
Yun-Sok Ha +18 more
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TERMINALIDADE NO CONTEXTO DA PANDEMIA DA COVID-19: UM RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA
Sağlık Akademisi Kastamonu, 2022 Introdução: A pandemia por Covid-19 promoveu alterações na rotina dos hospitais demandando a restrição no acompanhamento e visitas de familiares e pessoas próximas.
Taisa Barreto Curcino Leão +5 more
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A Care Program Based on Watson's Theory of Human Caring and its Effect on Death Anxiety and Hope for Life in Cancer Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
Journal of Evidence-Based CareBackground: Cancers are the second leading cause of death worldwide, adversely affecting patients' well-being including hope for life, and cause death anxiety.Aim: This study was conducted with aim to investigate the effect of a nursing care program ...
Razieh Nikbakht +4 more
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Pediatric Palliative Care for Children with Progressive Non-Malignant Diseases
Children, 2018 A substantial number of children cared for by pediatric palliative care physicians have progressive non-malignant conditions. Some elements of their care overlap with care for children with cancer while other elements, especially prognosis and trajectory,
Harold Siden
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The importance of providing palliative care for patients with severe COVID-19 in Indonesia
Belitung Nursing Journal, 2021 Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), particularly those with a severe condition, might not survive. Pandemic situation challenges the healthcare providers in addressing palliative care to the patients.
Christantie Effendy +1 more
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Hospice utilization of Medicare beneficiaries in Hawai‘i compared to other states
Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal, 2017 The objective is to examine hospice utilization among Medicare beneficiaries in Hawai‘i compared to other states. Data were from the 2014 Medicare Hospice Utilization and Payment Public Use File, which included information on 4,025 hospice providers ...
Deborah Taira +2 more
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The Current Status of Medical Decision-Making for Dying Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: A Single-Center Study [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2014 BACKGROUND: Many terminally ill patients die while receiving life-sustaining treatment. Recently, the discussion of life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units (ICUs) has increased.
Kyunghwa Shin +7 more
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