Nguyen, Viet Khanh, Quach Thanh Hocaoglu, Mevhibe Huyen, Hoang Thi Mong Thinh, Dang Huy Quoc Krakauer, Eric L
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Journal of pain and symptom management
Hospital-based palliative care (PC) linked to palliative home care is rarely accessible in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To study people-centered outcomes of a palliative home care team based at a major cancer center in Vietnam. The palliative home care team, consisting of at least one physician and one nurse, provided home PC when need...
Aasen, Eline Randi Hildursdotter Vatne Søvik, Marte Løvaas Størdal, Ketil Lee, Anja
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Journal of pain and symptom management
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have a right to be heard. This also applies to patients in pediatric palliative care (PPC). The aim of this literature review was to explore what is known about the involvement of children (
Marshall, Claire Virdun, Claudia Phillips, Jane L.
Background: Forty-five percent of the world’s population lives in rural areas, yet their access to palliative care is quite limited. Identifying the care elements rural populations with palliative care needs require is critical to improving care outcomes. Aim: To identify the key care elements that optimise palliative care for people in rural commu...
Penneau, Anne
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The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
Patients in residential aged care facilities (RACF) are frequently admitted to hospital since the RACF often lack adequate medical resources. Different economic agents, whose missions and funding may conflict, provide care for RACF residents: residential facility, primary care physicians, and hospital. In this article, I estimate the economic impac...
Wilkinson, Dominic Jc Bertaud, Sophie
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Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine
While the underlying principles are the same, there are differences in practice in end of life decisions and care for extremely preterm infants compared with other newborns and older children. In this paper, we review end of life care for extremely preterm infants in the delivery room and in the neonatal intensive care unit. We identify potential j...
Bovero, Andrea Cotardo, Francesca Lops, Chiara Botto, Rossana Geminiani, Giuliano Carlo
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Palliative & supportive care
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...
Wong, Susan P Y Oestreich, Taryn Prince, David K Curtis, J Randall
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American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
Available decision aids for patients about treatment of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) often lack information on conservative kidney management (CKM). We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a decision aid on CKM among patients with advanced CKD and their family members. Randomized pilot trial. Patients aged≥75 years with stage 4 or...
Dhollander, N Dierickx, S Eecloo, K Van Den Noortgate, N Deliens, L Beernaert, K
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European geriatric medicine
The CAREFuL programme based on the Liverpool Care Pathway showed improvements in end-of-life care for patients dying in acute geriatric hospital wards. Importantly, it did not show positive effects on families' satisfaction with care. To gain insight into reasons for absent improved families' satisfaction with care to make adaptations to CAREFuL. W...
Traldi Macedo, Ligia Gomes Bastos Fernandes, Líllian Palmeira, Heloísa Maria Souza Tanios, Bruna Gaspar, Karla Cristina Lima, Carmen Silvia Passos
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Palliative & supportive care
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...
Yuruyen, Mehmet Polat, Ozlem Denizli, Betul Ondes Cirak, Musa Polat, Hakan
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Irish journal of medical science
Investigate the survival and risk factors that affect the survival of aged patients in a palliative care center (PCC). A total of 180 inpatients (aged ≥ 65 years) who were admitted to a PCC from January 2018 to March 2020 were included. Information regarding patients' demographic characteristics, chronic diseases, length of hospital stay, nutrition...
