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Physician-assisted suicide in Italy: where do we stand and where do we want to go?
Frontiers in PsychiatryPhysician-assisted suicide (PAS) remains a subject of global debate and ethical controversy, alongside other end-of-life issues such as euthanasia, palliative care, access to health and social care services, and, importantly, patient autonomy.
Emanuela Turillazzi +3 more
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Terminal care. Home terminal care.
Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi, 1996 在宅ターミナルケアは家族の負担はあるものの患者にとっては贅沢な医療である.現在の日本で在宅医療を行うには,まだまだ多くの問題がある.しかしながら,患者,家族がそれを望む以上,医療者も行政もそれに応えるシステムをつくる時期にきていることも事実である.在宅ターミナルケアでは患者のみならず家族の身体的・精神的ケア,インフォームドコンセント,また臨死期の対応など多くの課題を抱えている.本稿ではそれらについて考察した.
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Palliative Care and Dementia [PDF]
, 2006 This paper was commissioned by Alzheimer's Australia to promote discussion by people with dementia, their families and carers of the issues that may be faced as people with terminal dementia move towards death.
Jenny Abbey
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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
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End of Life Care: The Importance of Culture and Ethnicity [PDF]
, 2010 Despite Australia's cultural diversity, there is little doubt that ethnic minority groups continue to have less access to health care systems, let alone culturally appropriate care, including palliative and end of life care.
Jane Phillips
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Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin +2 more
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Food and fluids in dying patients: some thoughts after the death of a patient
South African Family Practice, 2004 No abstract available.
D. Cameron
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Learning from PPO Investigations: End-of-Life Care [PDF]
, 2013 With a large and ageing prison population, the Prison Service has to deal with more foreseeable deaths from terminal and incurable illnesses than ever before. This brings new challenges for both prison regimes and prison facilities to accommodate the end
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RESPOND – A patient-centred program to prevent secondary falls in older people presenting to the emergency department with a fall: Protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Participation in falls prevention activities by older people following presentation to the Emergency Department (ED) with a fall is suboptimal.
A Forbes +53 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
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