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BRONCHOPNEUMONIA IN TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1969A 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, 1981Good 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, 2003SUMMARYThe 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, 2005e 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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Communicating with terminal cancer patients
Patient Counselling and Health Education, 1980Communication between doctors and terminal cancer patients has been identified as a problem area in medical care. There have been attempts to overcome this problem by establishing new teaching programs; however, the most effective teaching methods are costly.
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Terminally Ill Patients as Customers: The Patient's Perspective
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2014Consumerism in health care defines patients as self-determined, rational customers. Yet, it is questionable whether vulnerable patients, such as the terminally ill, also fulfill these criteria. Vulnerable contexts and the patient's perspective on being a customer remain relatively unexplored.
Seibel, Katharina +5 more
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How the Terminal Patient Accepts Dying
Patient Counselling and Health Education, 1980This article identifies six parallel but related problem-solving tasks on which the dying patient must work in order to master the terminal crisis. While engaged in these tasks the patient experiences many emotions. Once an individual has accepted death, feelings of preparedness, peace, and achievement accompany the fulfillment of the problem-solving ...
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Prosthetic management of terminal cancer patients
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1968E &mates of the survival rates of patients with head and neck cancer in the United States are less than 30 per cent.l Radical surgery and radiation are the usual modes of treatment. Many articles have been published dealing with the prosthetic management of the tissue defects and the resulting dysfunction caused by these procedures.‘-” However, a ...
R, Cantor, T A, Curtis, R D, Rozen
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Recognizing delirium in terminal patients
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 1996P, Bergevin, R M, Bergevin
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