Homann, Katharina Bertsche, Thilo Schiek, Susanne
Published in
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Purpose Older patients are still not sufficiently integrated into multidisciplinary care concepts including geriatric and palliative care. They do, however, regularly visit pharmacies to fill prescriptions or to buy self-medication. Thus, they have frequent contact with pharmacy technicians (PTs), who are widely involved in counselling in Germany. ...
Besseling, Joost Reitsma, Jan Van Erkelens, Judith A. Schepens, Maike H. J. Siroen, Michiel P. C. Ziedses des Plantes, Cathelijne M. P. van Berge Henegouwen, Mark I. Beerepoot, Laurens V. Van Voorthuizen, Theo Van Zuylen, Lia
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Published in
Cancers
Simple Summary This is the first nationwide study on chemotherapy use and intensive care unit (ICU) admission in the last three months before death in patients with cancer of the stomach or esophagus. Chemotherapy use and ICU admission shortly before death were relatively infrequent in the Netherlands. Chemotherapy was used less often in hospitals ...
Ruppel, Andreas Halim, Mohammad Ibrahim Kikon, Rhondemo Mohamed, Nouh S Saebipour, Mohammad Reza
Published in
Global health action
Tomczyk, Martyna Viallard, Marcel-Louis Beloucif, Sadek
Contexte : si la sédation est une pratique importante dans le contexte des soins palliatifs, elle manque d’une précision terminologique et conceptuelle, au plan international ou francophone.Introduction : bien que nombreuses et considérées comme des textes de référence, les recommandations francophones relatives à la sédation palliative chez l’adul...
Kamal, Arif H Check, Devon K Bull, Janet Wolf, Steven Troy, Jesse Samsa, Greg Nicolla, Jonathan M Harker, Matthew Taylor, Donald H , Jr
Published in
Journal of palliative medicine
Background: Information routinely collected during a palliative care consultation request may help predict the level of complexity of that patient encounter. Objectives: We examined whether patient and consultation characteristics, as captured in consultation requests, are associated with the number of unmet palliative care needs that emerge during...
Clevenger, Casey Pugliese, Karen O'Mahony, Sean Levine, Stacie Fitchett, George
Published in
Journal of health care chaplaincy
While shadowing is a relatively common practice in the education of many health professionals, it is not widely used in chaplaincy education. Findings from our qualitative study of 12 chaplains who participated in the Coleman Palliative Medicine Training Program suggest it may offer benefits for practicing chaplains. In interviews with seven fellow...
Andersson, Anna Jonsson, Maria
Background: Palliative care in the end of life is the care given when the patient has a short time left in life. The purpose is to alleviate suffering and provide the best possible quality of life during the time the patient has left. Patients and relatives experience that they do not receive sufficient support. Aim: Describe nurses’ experiences of...
Grant, Marian S Back, Anthony L Dettmar, Nicole S
Published in
Journal of palliative medicine
Background: Although access to advance care planning (ACP), palliative care, and hospice has increased, public attitudes may still be barriers to their optimal use. Purpose: To synthesize empirical research from disparate sources that describes public perceptions of ACP, palliative care, and hospice in ways that could inform public messaging. Data ...
Mosaddegh Sedghi, Maryam
Mosaddegh Sedghi, M. Upplevelser av att vårda cancerpatienter palliativt i hemmet: Sjukvårdspersonalens upplevelser. Examensarbete i omvårdnad 15 högskolepoäng. Malmö Universitet: Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle, institutionen för vårdvetenskap, 2020. Bakgrund: Sjukvårdpersonalen har många olika arbetsuppgifter och ansvarsområden, ett av dessa ...
Elsner, Anna Magdalena
Published in
Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees
Ethical issues raised by the outbreak of COVID-19 have predominantly been addressed through a public health ethics lens. This article proposes that the rising COVID-19 fatalities and the World Health Organization's failure to include palliative care as part of its guidance on how to maintain essential health services during the pandemic have expose...
