BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives Positive attitudes towards end-of-life care are essential among nursing students to adequately support terminally ill patients and enable students to feel confident about providing end-of-life care.
Jérôme Pasquier +5 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Backgrounds Early integration of palliative care for terminally ill non-cancer patients improves quality of life. However, there are scanty data on Palliative Care Consultation Service (PCCS) among non-cancer patients.
Lian-Shin Lin +7 more
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The Role of Family Meeting In Dealing With Rejection Towards Hospital Discharge of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients [PDF]
Indonesian Journal of Cancer, 2018 Background: Rejection towards discharge planning of terminally ill patients and the role of family meetings to overcome such issue has not been evaluated.
Maria Witjaksono +4 more
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GPs' views on transfer of information about terminally ill patients to the out-of-hours co-operative [PDF]
BMC Palliative Care, 2009 Background In the Netherlands, the increase in of out-of-hours care that is provided by GP co-operatives is challenging the continuity of care for the terminally ill in general practice.
Giesen Paul +5 more
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Extent and Determinants of Error in Doctors' Prognoses in Terminally Ill Patients: Prospective Cohort Study [PDF]
British medical journal, 2010 Objective: To describe doctors' prognostic accuracy in terminally ill patients and to evaluate the determinants of that accuracy. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Five outpatient hospice programmes in Chicago. Participants: 343 doctors provided
Christakis, Nicholas, Lamont, Elizabeth
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Meaning in life of terminally ill parents with minor children compared to palliative care patients – a quantitative analysis using SMiLE [PDF]
Palliative Care and Social PracticeBackground: Caring for terminally ill patients with minor children can be very stressful. The perceived quality of life is significantly influenced by the Meaning in Life (MiL).
Henning Cuhls +4 more
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Attitudes toward caring for terminally ill patients among community nurses in Shanghai: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
International Journal of Nursing SciencesObjectives: This study aimed to evaluate attitudes toward caring for terminally ill patients and identify the associated factors among community nurses in Shanghai.
Yifei Xie +5 more
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Pharmacokinetics of Morphine, Morphine-3-Glucuronide and Morphine-6-Glucuronide in Terminally Ill Adult Patients [PDF]
Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2016 Background and Objective: Morphine dosing can be challenging in terminally ill adult patients due to the heterogeneous nature of the population and the difficulty of accurately assessing pain during sedation. To determine the pharmacokinetics of morphine,
Baar, F.P.M. (Frans) +7 more
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Relationship Between Perilesional Skin Condition and Survival in Terminally Ill Patients with Pressure Ulcers [PDF]
MedicinaBackground and Objectives: In the context of palliative care, the aim is to alleviate suffering and improve quality of life, with particular attention to PUs, which have a significant impact on quality of life and survival.
María Isabel Pastor-Orduña +6 more
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What are the experiences and support needs of district nurses caring for terminally ill people with delirium at home? A qualitative study [PDF]
BMC Palliative CareBackground Delirium is a serious neuropsychiatric syndrome, which is common amongst terminally ill people in the community. District nurses have a key role in supporting terminally ill people to remain at home.
Elizabeth Arnold +3 more
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