Stockdill, Macy L Dionne-Odom, J Nicholas Wells, Rachel Ejem, Deborah Azuero, Andres Keebler, Konda Sockwell, Elizabeth Tims, Sheri Burgio, Kathryn L Engler, Sally
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Journal of palliative care
Palliative care trial recruitment of African Americans (AAs) is a formidable research challenge. Examine AA clinical trial recruitment and enrollment in a palliative care randomized controlled trial (RCT) for heart failure (HF) patients and compare patient baseline characteristics to other HF palliative care RCTs. This is a descriptive analysis the...
Mitchell, Sarah Ahmed, Zahra Slowther, Anne-Marie Coad, Jane Dale, Jeremy
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Archives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition
Hickman, Susan E Mitchell, Susan L Hanson, Laura C Tu, Wanzhu Stump, Timothy E Unroe, Kathleen T
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Clinical trials (London, England)
A significant number of people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia diagnoses will be cared for in nursing homes near the end of life. Advance care planning (ACP), the process of eliciting and documenting patient-centered preferences for care, is considered essential to providing high quality care for this population. Nursing homes are curr...
Tricou, Colombe Munier, Sophie Phan-Hoang, Nicolas Albarracin, Dolores Perceau-Chambard, Élise Filbet, Marilene
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BMJ supportive & palliative care
Early palliative care leads to meaningful improvements in physical and psychosocial symptoms, as well as quality of life, in patients with advanced cancer. Patients with haematological malignancies, despite a high level of distress, continue to have less access to palliative care services. The aim of this study was to identify haematologists' perce...
Brøndum, Lotte Markfoged, Birte Finderup, Jeanette
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Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
To investigate if acupuncture reduces nausea and vomiting in terminally ill patients. A comparative effectiveness research design was used to generate evidence-based knowledge close to practice for the use of clinicians. The sample size was calculated to 136 patients randomised into an intervention and a control group, respectively. Nausea and vomi...
Abu-Odah, Hammoda Molassiotis, Alex Liu, Justina Yat Wa
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BMJ supportive & palliative care
Despite the important benefits of a bibliometric approach on mapping a research field, relatively little efforts have previously been conducted to map and analyse the global trends of palliative care (PC)-related research. This bibliometric review aimed to provide an overall picture and systematic mapping of the state of research trends within the ...
White, Clare Noble, Simon Swan, Flavia Watson, Max Allgar, Victoria Napier, Eoin Nelson, Annmarie Johnson, Miriam J
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BMJ supportive & palliative care
To gain preliminary data regarding the prevalence of proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in those with non-malignant conditions admitted to specialist palliative care units (SPCUs). Data were collected as part of a prospective longitudinal observational study in five SPCUs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Registration: ISRCTN97567719) to est...
Wojtulewicz, Christopher M
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The New bioethics : a multidisciplinary journal of biotechnology and the body
This paper considers the number of speeches which treat central topics in the House of Lords second reading of the 'Assisted Dying Bill' (October 22, 2021). It summarizes some of the principal arguments for and against the Bill according to the main categories of discussion. These were compassion; palliative care; autonomy, choice and control; lega...
Oakley, Sarah Dunbar, Helena de Vries, Kay
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Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community
The objectives of this review were to identify strategies initiated by parents of children with life-limiting conditions to support their own well-being at home and to describe the impact of these strategies on parental well-being. A systematic scoping review was performed using PRISMA-ScR guidelines, identifying 15 relevant studies that fit the in...
Hannon, Breffni Taback, Nathan Zimmermann, Camilla Granton, John Krzyzanowska, Monika
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BMJ supportive & palliative care
Patients with advanced cancer are increasingly discharged from inpatient settings following focused symptom management admissions. Thromboprophylaxis (TP) is recommended for patients with cancer admitted to acute care settings; less is known about TP use in palliative care (PC) settings. This study explored the opinions of Canadian medical oncologi...
