Survey of specialist palliative care services for noncancer patients in Ireland and perceived barriers.

abstract：:Patients with advanced cancer experience multiple demands and losses that place them at risk for experiencing psychological distress. Researchers can face challenges in conducting research among this population because of their poor levels of physical and cognitive functioning. This paper aims to develop our understan...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ryan D,Gallagher P,Wright S,Cassidy E

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of children and young people who die in the United Kingdom have pre-existing life-limiting illness. Currently, most such deaths occur in hospital, most frequently within the intensive care environment. AIM:To explore the experiences of senior medical and nursing staff regarding the challenges a...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Mitchell S,Dale J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the development and content of palliative care residential workshops for general practitioner/district nurse pairs from the same practice. Pre- and post-testing self-rating scales were completed by the participants of five workshops. A retrospective questionnaire identified perceived effects on pr...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Nash A,Hoy A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Even though depression has serious and wide-ranging effects on outcomes in palliative care, errors in the identification of depressed patients are common. OBJECTIVES:To examine the clinical validity of widely publicised one- and two-question screening tools for depression in two palliative care settings. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Robinson JA,Crawford GB

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence that the palliative care needs of certain people, such as those from minority ethnic groups, are not being met. The aim of this study was to investigate whether place of death from cancer differs between ethnic groups. A total of 101,516 patients resident in South East England and who died fr...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Coupland VH,Madden P,Jack RH,Møller H,Davies EA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital is the most common place of cancer death but concerns regarding the quality of end-of-life care remain. AIM:Preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of the Liverpool Care Pathway on the quality of end-of-life care provided to adult cancer patients during their last week of life in hospital. DES...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Costantini M,Pellegrini F,Di Leo S,Beccaro M,Rossi C,Flego G,Romoli V,Giannotti M,Morone P,Ivaldi GP,Cavallo L,Fusco F,Higginson IJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the right for patients of all diagnoses to be in receipt of palliative care from an early point in the diagnosis of a life-limiting condition is now enshrined in policy in a number of countries and increased emphasis is placed upon the role of generalist palliative care. However, little is known as to how th...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Gott M,Seymour J,Ingleton C,Gardiner C,Bellamy G

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burn units are intensive care facilities specialized in the treatment of patients with severe burns. As burn injuries have a major impact in physical, psychosocial, and spiritual health, palliative care can be a strengthening component of integrated care. AIM:To review and appraise the existing evidence abo...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ribeiro AF,Martins Pereira S,Gomes B,Nunes R

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between October 2001 and May 2002 the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of each Multicentre Research Ethics Committee (MREC) in England, Wales and Scotland took part in a semi-structured interview to ascertain the attitudes of MRECs to palliative care research. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using a grounded ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Stevens T,Wilde D,Paz S,Ahmedzai SH,Rawson A,Wragg D

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this literature review we evaluated the feasibility and clinimetric quality of quality-of-life (QoL) measurement instruments suitable for use in palliative care. METHODS:We conducted a systematic literature review to identify instruments measuring (at least one domain of) QoL. We selected articles that pres...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Albers G,Echteld MA,de Vet HC,Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD,van der Linden MH,Deliens L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a person is diagnosed with a severe disease, it seems plausible that existential questions and death anxiety are easily intensified. The aims of this study were to explore whether this is the case, to what extent patients and their next of kin experience death anxiety, and how these experiences are expressed. Fol...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Adelbratt S,Strang P

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with advanced cancer often have to make difficult decisions, such as how much to spend on moderately life-extending treatments. This and other end-of-life decisions are also influenced by their informal caregivers. Understanding the relative value that patients and their caregivers place on various ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Malhotra C,Farooqui MA,Kanesvaran R,Bilger M,Finkelstein E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this population-based study, we found that parents who are aware that their child will die from a malignancy are more likely to care for their child at home during the child's last month of life compared to parents who are not aware. End-of-life home care was comparable to hospital care for satisfactory pain relief...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Surkan PJ,Dickman PW,Steineck G,Onelöv E,Kreicbergs U

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attitudes toward euthanasia differ between individuals and populations, and in many studies the medical profession is more reluctant than the general public. Our goal was to explore medical students' attitude toward euthanasia. A questionnaire containing open-ended questions was answered anonymously by 165 first- and ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Karlsson M,Strang P,Milberg A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrathecal drug delivery is known to be effective in alleviating cancer pain in patients for whom the conventional World Health Organization approach has proved insufficient. A multidisciplinary interventional cancer pain service was established in the West of Scotland in 2008 with the aim of providing a sa...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Mitchell A,McGhie J,Owen M,McGinn G

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the experience of managing 31 patients with severe dysphagia in motor neurone disease. Thirteen patients were fed nasogastrically and the remaining 18 were managed conservatively without a nasogastric tube. The introduction of nasogastric feeding led to the development of new problems in some patien...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Scott AG,Austin HE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials in palliative care involve multiple issues relating to patient populations, interventions and endpoints. Careful data collection and analysis of variables are vital for good clinical research in this complex area. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Mazzocato C,Sweeney C,Bruera E

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the attitudes of healthcare professional students' perceived competence and confidence in treating those with dementia who are at the end of life. AIM:To explore the attitudes of final year medical, nursing and pharmacy students towards people with dementia and to evaluate their percei...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： De Witt Jansen B,Weckmann M,Nguyen CM,Parsons C,Hughes CM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of all district health authorities in England was conducted in order to describe current patterns of needs assessment and contract setting for palliative care services. Outcome measures included the completion of needs assessments in the past five years, the type of data used for needs assessment, and recomme...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Robbins MA,Frankel SJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main focus of palliative care services is to improve patients' quality of life (QOL). The potential value of assessment of QOL in palliative care is being increasingly recognized. The McGill Quality of Life questionnaire (MQOL) is designed specifically for palliative care patients, but its cross-cultural validity ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Lo RS,Woo J,Zhoc KC,Li CY,Yeo W,Johnson P,Mak Y,Lee J

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bisphosphonates are the treatment of choice for hypercalcaemia of malignancy (HCM) but there is no consensus regarding which drug or dose should be given. We designed a systematic review to investigate the efficacy of bisphosphonates in the treatment of HCM. METHODS:We identified randomized controlled trial...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Saunders Y,Ross JR,Broadley KE,Edmonds PM,Patel S,Steering Group.

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Death anxiety is important but understudied in palliative care. New self-report measurements have been developed, but their interpretation and clinical utility may not be evident. AIM:To inform our understanding of death anxiety in patients with advanced cancer by exploring the relationship between this sel...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Tong E,Deckert A,Gani N,Nissim R,Rydall A,Hales S,Rodin G,Lo C

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to palliative care (PC) is a major need worldwide. Using hospital charts of all patients who died over one year (April 2008-March 2009) in two mid-sized hospitals of a large Canadian city, similar in size and function and operated by the same administrative group, this study examined which patients who could be...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Cohen J,Wilson DM,Thurston A,MacLeod R,Deliens L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Exploring terminal patients' perceptions of GPs' role in delivering continuous end-of-life care and identifying barriers to this. DESIGN:Qualitative interview study with patients (two consecutive interviews). SETTING:Primary care Belgium. PARTICIPANTS:Seventeen terminally ill cancer patients, informed abo...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Michiels E,Deschepper R,Van Der Kelen G,Bernheim JL,Mortier F,Vander Stichele R,Deliens L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Home-based care coordination and support programs for people with advanced illness work alongside usual care to promote personal care goals, which usually include a preference for home-based end-of-life care. More research is needed to confirm the efficacy of these programs, especially when disseminated on a...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Sudat SEK,Franco A,Pressman AR,Rosenfeld K,Gornet E,Stewart W

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benzodiazepines are widely used in palliative care, but few studies have attempted to study their use. AIM:To determine the frequency and nature of benzodiazepine prescribing in a palliative care setting. METHOD:The notes of a consecutive series of 100 patients who had died or been discharged from the hosp...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Henderson M,MacGregor E,Sykes N,Hotopf M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the lived health-care experiences of persons living with palliative stage Parkinson's disease and the family members who care for them. An exploratory phenomenological investigation was adopted to understand participant's lived health-care experiences and the needs flowing from them. Three family...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Giles S,Miyasaki J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a qualitative study exploring the meaning of 'dignity' to patients, relatives and professionals. It examines the impact of advanced illness and treatment and the issues pertinent to caring for dignity. Depth interviews were conducted with eight patients, six relatives and seven members of the multi...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Enes SP

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The complexity of end-of-life care, represented by a large number of units caring for dying patients, different types of organizations and difficulties in identification and prognostication, signifies the importance of finding ways to measure the quality of end-of-life care. AIM:To establish, test and manag...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Lundström S,Axelsson B,Heedman PA,Fransson G,Fürst CJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bisphosphonates and denosumab are well-established therapies to reduce the frequency and severity of skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastasis. However, the analgesic effect of these medications on bone pain is uncertain. AIM:To identify, critically appraise and synthesize existing evidence t...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Porta-Sales J,Garzón-Rodríguez C,Llorens-Torromé S,Brunelli C,Pigni A,Caraceni A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00