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Management of Dyspnea in the Terminally Ill [PDF]

open access: possibleChest, 2018
The genesis of dyspnea involves the activation of several mechanisms that are mediated and perceived depending on previous experiences, values, emotions, and beliefs. Breathlessness may become unbearable, especially in patients who are terminally ill, whether afflicted by respiratory-, cardiac-, or cancer-related disorders, because of a final stage of ...
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Dignity therapy, psycho-spiritual well-being and quality of life in the terminally ill: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2021
Objectives Dignity therapy (DT) is a brief, individualised psychotherapy that aims to alleviate psychosocial and spiritual distress in the final stages of life.
Ruishuang Zheng   +3 more
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Psychological resilience and secondary traumatic stress in nurses working with terminally ill patients-The mediating role of job burnout.

Psychological services, 2020
Working with terminally ill patients is regarded as a stressful or traumatic event and may lead to negative outcomes, including job burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS).
N. Ogińska-Bulik, Paulina Michalska
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Impact of Caring for Terminally Ill Children on Physicians: A Systematic Scoping Review

The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2020
Introduction: Caring for terminally ill children influences nurses’ and allied health provider’s quality of life, ability to provide personalized, dignified and empathetic care and even their concepts of personhood.
Lisa Xin Ling Ngiam   +17 more
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Will to live in the terminally ill

The Lancet, 1999
Complex biomedical and psychosocial considerations figure prominently in the debate about euthanasia and assisted suicide. No study to date, however, has examined the extent to which a dying patient's will to live fluctuates as death approaches.This study examined patients with cancer in palliative care. Will to live was measured twice daily throughout
Jennifer J. Clinch   +3 more
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AIDS and Terminal Illness

Social Casework, 1988
The authors discuss the specific social and psychological tasks that confront individuals who are dying with AIDS. The young age of the patient, the nature of the disease process, and the social context in which the death occurs profoundly affect the patients' experience.
Les Gallo Silver   +2 more
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‘It all depends!’: A qualitative study of preferences for place of care and place of death in terminally ill patients and their family caregivers

Palliative Medicine, 2019
Background: It is often suggested that terminally ill patients favour end-of-life care at home. Yet, it is unclear how these preferences are formed, if the process is similar for patients and family caregivers, and if there are discrepancies between ...
Katrin Gerber, B. Hayes, C. Bryant
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DELIRIUM IN THE TERMINALLY ILL

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2000
Delirium is highly prevalent in terminally ill patients, especially in the last weeks of life, when some cognitive impairment develops in as many as 85% of patients. Delirium is associated with increased morbidity in terminally ill patients and can interfere with pain and symptom control. The cause of delirium is usually multifactorial and often cannot
William Breitbart, David Strout
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The Understanding of Death in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients in China: An Initial Study.

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2018
Patient's needs and rights are the key to delivering state-of-the-art modern nursing care. It is especially challenging to provide proper nursing care for patients who are reaching the end of life (EOL).
H. Huang   +3 more
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