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Introduction: To find out palliative care practices among physicians providing care to terminally ill cancer patients. Methods: The study was cross-sectional in nature, conducted in a tertiary care hospital from July 2015 to September 2017 using a ...
Subraham Pany +2 more
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Background Terminally ill patients often experience exacerbations of diseases that render mainstream medicine ineffective in relieving symptoms, prompting attempts at complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). This study collected data from terminally
Yu-Jia Lin +15 more
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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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Background: In the last days of life, home-dwelling terminally-ill older patients have complex care needs. End-of-life (EOL) care for these patients is usually delivered at home.
Manijeh Dehi +3 more
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Psychiatric aspects of the end of life in oncologic patients
Introduction Patients with life-limiting oncologic conditions should be approached by multidisciplinary teams that contribute to improve their quality of life, including support from mental health dedicated professionals.
M. Trigo
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Polypharmacy in the terminally ill [PDF]
To the Editor A significant number of patients who receive palliative care are over 65 years of age. In addition to their terminal illness, they often have other medical comorbidities. Long-term medical management of these conditions can evolve into a large regimen of medications.
Ross P, Cruikshank +2 more
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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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Assessment and coping strategies for stress and depression among the terminally ill patients: Focus on cancer [PDF]
The concept of psychological depressive symptoms affecting the terminally ill patient still stood as an unsolved mystery in many clinical practices.
Suantak Demkhosei Vaiphei
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Subject: care for a terminally ill child
A terminal illness of a child is a traumatic experience for both the child and the family. The illness destroys their current life, The terminally ill patient experiences total pain, which includes not only physical pain caused by lesions, but also ...
Ewa Kowacka
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In Nigeria, little is known about healthcare providers’ practice of prognostic information communication to terminally ill patients, especially from the patients’ viewpoint. This qualitative descriptive study explored views of terminally ill patients on:
Chijioke Oliver Nwodoh +5 more
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