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Abstract Entry into the field of clinical medical physics is most commonly accomplished through the completion of a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP)‐accredited graduate and residency program. To allow a mechanism to bring valuable expertise from other disciplines into clinical practice in medical physics, an “
Joann I. Prisciandaro+6 more
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The Effect of Nurses’ Compassion Competence on Performance of Terminal Care in Geriatric Hospitals
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the levels of nurses’ compassion competence and terminal care and the factors associated with their performance of terminal care in geriatric hospitals.
Y. An, Soon-Rim Suh
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Objective To measure the associations between newly initiated palliative care in the last six months of life, healthcare use, and location of death in adults dying from non-cancer illness, and to compare these associations with those in adults who die ...
K. Quinn+10 more
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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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Quantum anomalous Hall edge channels survive up to the Curie temperature [PDF]
Achieving metrological precision of quantum anomalous Hall resistance quantization at zero magnetic field so far remains limited to temperatures of the order of 20 mK, while the Curie temperature in the involved material is as high as 20 K. The reason for this discrepancy remains one of the biggest open questions surrounding the effect, and is the ...
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Terminal Care for Persons with Advanced Dementia in the Nursing Home and Home Care Settings [PDF]
BACKGROUND Many older persons with advanced dementia receive terminal care in nursing homes, others remain in the community with home care services. OBJECTIVES To describe and compare the end-of-life experience of persons dying with advanced dementia ...
Susan L. Mitchell+3 more
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Well‐being on supportive techniques in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: from neurologists' perspective
Abstract Objective To investigate intercultural neurologists' perception of well‐being in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using gastrostomy (PEG), non‐invasive, and/or invasive ventilation (NIV/IV) and to analyse the determinants and impact on the management of the above medical interventions (MIs).
Krzysztof Barć+7 more
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The Adaptation of the Buddhist Death Acceptance Scale for Vietnamese Persons with Cancer
Purpose: This study reports on selected psychometric properties of the adapted Buddhist Death Acceptance Scale (BDAS) for Vietnamese persons with cancer.
Nguyen H. Long, Sureeporn Thanasilp
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Clinical heterogeneity in a family with flail arm syndrome and review of hnRNPA1‐related spectrum
Abstract Objective Flail arm syndrome (FAS) is one of the atypical subtypes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Mutations in hnRNPA1 encoding heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A1 are a rare genetic cause of ALS. Herein, marked clinical heterogeneity of FAS in a pedigree with a known hnRNPA1 variant was described to raise early ...
Xiaochen Han+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]
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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