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Terminating the Nurse-Patient Relationship

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1963
N URSES TODAY ARE becoming increasingly aware of the importance of establishing effective interpersonal relationships with their patients. This is true not only in psychiatric nursing but in general nursing as well, as nurses become more and more interested in learning how to use their own "selves" more constructively in their relationships with ...
S L, HALE, J H, RICHARDSON
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Pain of terminal cancer patients

Pain, 1979
The belief that cancer inevitably leads to a painful death is widespread. This may contribute to society's "cancerophobia" with subsequent frequent delays in seeking medical attention for suspected malignant neoplasms. We evaluated the degree of pain experienced by dying patients, with and without cancer, at a large medical center.
M W, Oster, M, Vizel, L R, Turgeon
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The Terminal Patient

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1965
THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST, though far less often than the family physician, may become the managing physician for a patient with a terminal illness. The surgical specialist then needs to be the all-around physician able to treat the total patient and his family. Most helpful is the lead article in the May 24, 1965 issue ofThe Journal of the American Medical
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Terminal Care for Noncancer Patients

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1996
The hospice approach to terminal care will benefit patients with advanced chronic illnesses other than cancer. This article describes general criteria that will help clinicians assess when patients may be appropriately referred for hospice care. Common illnesses, such as dementia, heart disease, lung disease, and renal failure for which terminal care ...
C F, von Gunten, M L, Twaddle
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Terminating the Physician‐Patient Relationship

The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 1994
background. This continues our series of articles addressing the many medicolegal aspects that impact the practice of dermatology. Because the physician‐patient relationship is the cornerstone of every medical malpractice action, the proper termination of that relationship is very important.methods. A format of an initial discussion of legal concepts
A, Torres, R, Wagner, S, Proper
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BRONCHOPNEUMONIA IN TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1969
A bstract Bronchopneumonia was found in one third of all autopsies at the VA hospital in Fayetteville, N.C. In about two thirds of the bronchopneumonia cases there was evidence of aspiration.
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Rehabilitation in terminal cancer patients

International Rehabilitation Medicine, 1981
Good terminal care may be described as rehabilitation of the dying, and is exemplified in the modern hospice. The aim is to help the individual patient to do his best, given his illness, his symptoms, and his cultural, familial and personal background and beliefs. Comfort is the primary objective, not prolongation of life.
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NURSING TERMINALLY SICK DIALYSIS PATIENTS

EDTNA-ERCA Journal, 2003
SUMMARYThe number of terminally sick patients (TSP) in haemodialysis (HD) is rising. The personnel that assist these patients wonder if they are sufficiently qualified to help and care for them and if TSP require treatment that is different to the other chronic dialysis patients.
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Healthcare for terminal cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 2005
e said it simply, “I’m dying, one of the more natural rocesses of life.” He coughed, causing him to put the xygen mask on for 2 min. Finally he took it off. “I just ish it would not take so long!” (an anonymous cancer atient). A 70-year-old man entered the hospital severely physially impaired because of a large oat cell carcinoma of the ung with a ...
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