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Program Evaluation in Terminal Care
The Hospice Journal, 1985The expansion of hospice care brings new challenges for accountability, program evaluation, and research. The present paper attempts to examine (a) the various goals, tasks, and conceptual models of program evaluation relevant to terminal care, and (b) the applicability of two illustrative evaluation strategies: experimental designs and time-series ...
Barrie R. Cassileth, David M. Dush
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A survey of housestaff attitudes towards terminal care education.
Journal of Cancer Education, 2009Medical and surgical housestaff have received little formal training to treat the medical or psychosocial problems associated with terminal illness. That more postgraduate terminal care education is needed is generally not debated but what should be ...
R. J. Goldberg +2 more
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Caring for the terminally ill adolescent
Medical Journal of Australia, 1997Terminally ill adolescents, a heterogeneous group, face unique problems in coming to terms with the prospect of death and dying. In parallel, the psychosocial sequelae of a terminal illness in the adolescent, and their effects on the family and health professionals, present unique challenges for management.
M. R. C. Carr-Gregg +4 more
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Terminal care: the last weeks of life.
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2005BACKGROUND The care of patients in their last weeks of life is a fundamental palliative care skill, but few evidence-based reviews have focused on this critical period.
William M. Plonk, R. Arnold
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The Montgomery T-tube in terminal care
American Journal of Otolaryngology, 1992The use of a Montgomery T-tube as a palliative measure in the treatment of patients with respiratory obstruction due to cancer is described.Six patients with terminal malignant disease presented with airway obstruction caused by direct infiltration of the trachea by tumor.
Fung Hin Kwok +2 more
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Impact of individual and market factors on the timing of initiation of hospice terminal care.
Medical Care, 2000CONTEXT Hospice terminal care is now used by 10% to 15% of elderly Americans at variable points before their deaths. OBJECTIVE By examining the duration of patient survival after enrollment in hospice care, we sought to identify individual and market ...
N. Christakis, Theodore J. Iwashyna
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Trends in the terminal care of cancer patients: South Australia, 1981-1990.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1993BACKGROUND The increasing numbers of cancer patients, the high costs of terminal care, and the development of palliative care services have led to a growing interest in patterns of terminal cancer care.
R. Hunt, A. Bonett, David Roder
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OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 1988
The leading questions about delivery of terminal care have shifted somewhat over recent years. Not long ago the major questions were a) Is there a need for palliative care services? b) Does hospice care make a difference to the well-being of the patient and family?, and c) Is hospice care less costly than conventional care?
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The leading questions about delivery of terminal care have shifted somewhat over recent years. Not long ago the major questions were a) Is there a need for palliative care services? b) Does hospice care make a difference to the well-being of the patient and family?, and c) Is hospice care less costly than conventional care?
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1991
There is no better opportunity to help another human being than the one we meet when that person can no longer be cured of their illness or is near death. I find the terminology we use for this important type of care a bit strange. The cold, statistical word “terminal” means very little, and “to palliate” suggests covering up or disguising the problem,
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There is no better opportunity to help another human being than the one we meet when that person can no longer be cured of their illness or is near death. I find the terminology we use for this important type of care a bit strange. The cold, statistical word “terminal” means very little, and “to palliate” suggests covering up or disguising the problem,
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1988
Terminal care is that which prepares someone for death. Preparation should start at the diagnosis of a potentially fatal disease, or when active, curative treatment is acknowledged to be no longer appropriate. Treatment is therefore changed to an equally positive one that aims for a “good death”.
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Terminal care is that which prepares someone for death. Preparation should start at the diagnosis of a potentially fatal disease, or when active, curative treatment is acknowledged to be no longer appropriate. Treatment is therefore changed to an equally positive one that aims for a “good death”.
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