BRS: The Becker-Rank Syndrome.
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Palliative and hospice social workers' moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Moral distress is associated with adverse outcomes contributing to health-care professionals' worsened mental and physical well-being. Medical social workers have been frontline care providers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and those specializing in palliative and hospice care have been particularly affected by the overwhelming numbers of those ...
Is there a relationship between end-of-life cancer patients' dignity-related distress and caregivers' distress? An explo...
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The mutual influence between end-of-life cancer patients and their family caregivers is widely endorsed. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between end-of-life cancer patients' dignity-related distress and the distress of their caregivers. A cross-sectional approach was used. The sample consisted of 128 patients with a Karnofsky Pe...
A negative effort: Simone Weil and the ethics of attention in palliative care.
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Barriers and facilitators to multidimensional symptom management in palliative care: A focus group study among patient r...
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It is widely acknowledged that co-occurring symptoms in patients with a psychosocial and spiritual aspects should also be considered. However, this multidimensional approach is difficult to integrate into daily practice, especially for generalist clinicians not specialized in palliative care. We aimed to identify the barriers and facilitators to mu...
Assessment of symptom intensity and psychological well-being of patients with advanced cancer undergoing palliative care...
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The characterization of clinical-emotional aspects of advanced cancer patients is essential for palliative care. To date, there is scarce information regarding the socio-demographic and clinical profiles, as well as the quality of care given to hospitalized patients under this condition, particularly in South American countries. The objectives of t...
Turnover in OR 73.
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Potential sources of moral distress during COVID-19: Perspectives of hospice interdisciplinary teams.
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This study aimed to examine the impact of COVID-19 on hospice Interdisciplinary team (IDT) members' self-reported stress and identify possible sources of moral distress. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using Qualtrics to understand the impact of COVID-19 on quality improvement initiative implementation and hospice IDT members' general and de...
Supportive Care Needs Survey: A reliability generalization meta-analysis.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the reliability generalization of 2 forms of the Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS), the questionnaires commonly used to assess the unmet needs of cancer patients. Reviewed articles were retrieved through databases including PubMed, Ovid, Embase, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Lite...
What do we know about experiencing end-of-life in burn intensive care units? A scoping review.
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The aim of this article is to review and synthesize the evidence on end-of-life in burn intensive care units. Systematic scoping review: Preferred Reporting Items for Systemic Reviews extension for Scoping Reviews was used as a reporting guideline. Searches were performed in 3 databases, with no time restriction and up to September 2021. A total of...
