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Palliative pharmacological sedation for terminally ill adults.

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015
BACKGROUND Terminally ill people experience a variety of symptoms in the last hours and days of life, including delirium, agitation, anxiety, terminal restlessness, dyspnoea, pain, vomiting, and psychological and physical distress.
E. Beller   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“Right to Try” Legislation and Its Implications for the FDA Drug Approval Process [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This note analyzes the regulation of experimental drugs by the FDA within the context of “right-to-try” laws. Hogan explores the FDA’s drug approval process, highlighting the specific options for terminally ill patients to fast-track their access to ...
Hogan, Emily
core   +1 more source

Ringer lactate - the magical fluid

open access: yesResearch and Humanities in Medical Education, 2020
This article narrates my personal encounter with a terminally ill cancer patient at our rural clinic. I learned a lot from the experience. It made me reflect on the importance of palliative care in terminally ill patients and the practical difficulties ...
Vinod H Krishnamoorthy
doaj  

Nursing care in terminality: compliance with principles of bioethics

open access: yesRevista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
The aim of the study was to investigate the principles of bioethics reported by nurses when caring for terminally ill patients. Exploratory research with qualitative approach, developed with fifteen nurses from an intensive care unit of a university ...
Zirleide Carlos Felix   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Families of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Cancer is an illness that does not only impact the patient, but also the people around them. It can be especially difficult for families who are affected as it impacts the lifestyles of everyone.
Aalbers, Jenna, Laman, Grace
core   +1 more source

Effects of Dalcroze Eurhythmics Exercise Versus Multicomponent Exercise on Physical and Cognitive Function, and Falls in Older Adults: The EPHYCOS Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesAdvanced Biology, EarlyView.
In this randomized clinical trial conducted among 142 community‐dwelling older adults at high risk for falls over 12 months, a Dalcroze Eurhythmics exercise intervention (once weekly, group‐based) improved a variety of physical and cognitive/executive function outcomes compared with a multicomponent exercise intervention (twice weekly, group‐ and home ...
Mélany Hars   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Losses and Suffering of Terminal Illness [PDF]

open access: yesMayo Clinic Proceedings, 2000
197 tant to intervene in relieving the indignation of loss and instead relegate the person to a disease ("the lung cancer in room 24"), falsely abolishing the necessity of ministering to the individual and the losses of a terminal illness. More­ over, physicians may inadvertently abandon terminally ill persons because they feel impotent in response to ...
openaire   +3 more sources

The Potential for Extracellular Vesicles in Nanomedicine: A Review of Recent Advancements and Challenges Ahead

open access: yesAdvanced Biology, EarlyView.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a dual role in diagnostics and therapeutics, offering innovative solutions for treating cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and orthopedic diseases. This review highlights EVs’ potential to revolutionize personalized medicine through specific applications in disease detection and treatment.
Farbod Ebrahimi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comunicação de prognóstico reservado ao paciente infantil

open access: yesRevista Bioética
A morte de uma criança é um assunto difícil de ser abordado, mesmo para equipes de saúde. Este trabalho discute sobre a postura do profissional da saúde diante da necessidade de comunicação sobre um paciente infantil com prognóstico reservado. Para tanto,
Marjory Dionizio Toma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Music Therapy and Dynamics in Families of Terminally Ill Mothers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This thesis focuses on aspects and interactions related to communication and music therapy in family units with a terminally ill mother. Post-treatment analysis of music therapy with four terminally ill female patients and their families was used to ...
Febres, Kimberly Light
core   +1 more source

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