Cancer patients' experiences of living with venous thromboembolism: A systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis.

abstract：:Increasing emphasis is being placed on the need for advanced care planning (ACP) at the end of life. The Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC) document is a patient-held record promoted by the End of Life Care Strategy as an ACP tool to promote discussion and communication amongst patients, family and health care provid...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Preston H,Fineberg IC,Callagher P,Mitchell DJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Constipation affects many patients receiving long-term opioid therapy for cancer pain. Little is known about the nature of psychological distress and the burden associated with this problem. This information may inform the development of effective treatment strategies and ameliorate distress. AIM:The object...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Dhingra L,Shuk E,Grossman B,Strada A,Wald E,Portenoy A,Knotkova H,Portenoy R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Of deaths in high-income countries, 75% are caused by progressive advanced chronic conditions. Palliative care needs to be extended from terminal cancer to these patients. However, direct measurement of the prevalence of people in need of palliative care in the population has not been attempted. AIM:Determi...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Gómez-Batiste X,Martínez-Muñoz M,Blay C,Amblàs J,Vila L,Costa X,Espaulella J,Espinosa J,Constante C,Mitchell GK

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system of 12-hour nursing shifts was adopted at a newly-opened independent hospice. This paper presents the results from an exploratory, descriptive study in which nursing staff reported perceived advantages, disadvantages and satisfaction with the 12-hour shift system. A small sample (n = 11) of both qualified and ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Hodgson LA

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:The aim of this study is to synthesize knowledge about the process of shared decision-making (SDM) in palliative care. Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychInfo, Web of Science were searched with core concepts: shared decisions, patient participation in decision-making, and palliative care. Titles and abstracts were screened...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Bélanger E,Rodríguez C,Groleau D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family caregivers in palliative care often report feeling insufficiently prepared to handle the caregiver role. Preparedness has been confirmed as a variable that may actually protect family caregiver well-being. Preparedness refers to how ready family caregivers perceive they are for the tasks and demands i...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Henriksson A,Årestedt K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between opioid dose, dantron dose, bowel function and physical functioning (measured with the modified Barthel Index) was determined in a sample of 50 inpatients with advanced cancer. Data were collected prospectively from chart review and patient interviews one week after admission to allow for proto...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Bennett M,Cresswell H

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:Using a decision-making and treatment checklist developed to facilitate the at-home palliative sedation process, we assessed the incidence and efficacy of palliative sedation for end-of-life cancer patients with intractable symptoms who died at home. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 370 patients who ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Alonso-Babarro A,Varela-Cerdeira M,Torres-Vigil I,Rodríguez-Barrientos R,Bruera E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a large multicentre study on palliative care units in Italy, carried out between 1 January and 30 June 1995, we describe the place, circumstances and 'quality of death' of patients admitted to home palliative care. Data presented refer to 401 patients (67% of the 601 patients randomly selected for evaluatio...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Peruselli C,Di Giulio P,Toscani F,Gallucci M,Brunelli C,Costantini M,Tamburini M,Paci E,Miccinesi G,Addington-Hall JM,Higginson IJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existential distress has been recognized as a source of suffering for oncology patients. This study focusses on existential issues and coping mechanisms of a unique culturally diverse Jewish/Middle Eastern oncology population. A qualitative assessment of 40 patients with advanced cancer was undertaken through an inter...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Blinderman CD,Cherny NI

更新日期：2005-07-01 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:The primary goal of palliative care is to optimize the quality of life (QOL) of people living with a life-threatening illness and that of their families. While there have been important advances in measurement of the QOL of palliative care patients, little attention has been paid to the QOL of their carers (...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Cohen R,Leis AM,Kuhl D,Charbonneau C,Ritvo P,Ashbury FD

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philip J Larkin, Fliss Murtagh, Heather Richardson, Myra Bluebond Langner and Sheila Payne (2016) Collaboration: Securing a future for palliative care research. Palliative Medicine, September 2016 30:8 709-710, doi: 10.1177/0269216316661970. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors：

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using Grounded Theory, this study examines the experience of 19 palliative care chaplains in counselling dying people. Taking a broad-based definition of counselling, and using unstructured individual interviews and group work, the study aimed to understand how palliative care chaplains work with patients at the point...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Nolan S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The WHO definitions of palliative care have been adopted in Denmark and implemented in The National Guidelines from 1999, but service developments have been very slow and not according to the recommendations. Attitudes to palliative care of Danish doctors and nurses may in part account for this. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Vejlgaard T,Addington-Hall JM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclizine is an antihistamine, which is frequently used to manage nausea and vomiting in cancer patients. Antihistamines can be drugs of misuse/abuse, and the article describes four cancer patients who developed such problems after receiving parenteral cyclizine within the inpatient unit of a cancer centre. The articl...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Bailey F,Davies A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bereavement support is a key component of palliative care, with different types of support recommended according to need. Previous reviews have typically focused on specialised interventions and have not considered more generic forms of support, drawing on different research methodologies. AIM:To review the...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Harrop E,Morgan F,Longo M,Semedo L,Fitzgibbon J,Pickett S,Scott H,Seddon K,Sivell S,Nelson A,Byrne A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current end-of-life care policy and guidance recognises the important contribution of family carers, recommending that their needs should be assessed to support them in their caring role. How regular carer assessment is to be achieved is unclear, particularly because there is no evidence-based tool for direc...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ewing G,Grande G,National Association for Hospice at Home.

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an increasingly secular age in which society no longer offers a code of behaviour for those who are bereaved as in Victorian times, the majority of people do not seek support from church-based rituals of remembrance. Most hospices provide religious Services of Remembrance and Thanksgiving or non-faith remembrance g...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Vale-Taylor P

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Palliative Care Problem Severity Score is a clinician-rated tool to assess problem severity in four palliative care domains (pain, other symptoms, psychological/spiritual, family/carer problems) using a 4-point categorical scale (absent, mild, moderate, severe). AIM:To test the reliability and acceptabi...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Masso M,Allingham SF,Johnson CE,Pidgeon T,Yates P,Currow D,Eagar K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality of research, and the resulting quality of evidence available to guide palliative care, is dependent on the ethical decisions underpinning its design, conduct and report. Whilst much has been published debating the ethics of palliative care research, an assessment of the quality and synthesis of the central...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Duke S,Bennett H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare patient and proxy (physician and nurse) assessments of symptoms in advanced cancer patients. The sample consisted of 49 patients with advanced cancer admitted to an acute palliative care unit. Three independent assessments were completed for each patient on two occasions within...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Nekolaichuk CL,Bruera E,Spachynski K,MacEachern T,Hanson J,Maguire TO

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we review the challenges facing the delivery of research in end-of-life care in the UK and internationally as health policies begin to focus on improving care. These include the problems of terminology in this field of enquiry and the lack of emphasis on clinical studies relating to the medical aspects o...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Bennett MI,Davies EA,Higginson IJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastroparesis is an under-recognised cause of refractory nausea and vomiting in patients with malignancy. The most common aetiologies are paraneoplastic and postsurgical dysmotility. There are little data on the efficacy of treatment to direct the management of patients with this symptom. We present a case a...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Franco M,Koulaeva E

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronically homeless individuals have high rates of hospitalization and death, and they may benefit from the completion of advance directives. AIM:To determine the rate of advance directive completion using a counselor-guided intervention, identify characteristics associated with advance directive completio...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Leung AK,Nayyar D,Sachdeva M,Song J,Hwang SW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enabling patients to be cared for in their preferred location often involves journeys between care settings. The challenge of ensuring journeys are timely and safe emerged as an important issue in an evaluation of palliative care services, which informed a service redesign programme in three areas of the United Kingdo...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ingleton C,Payne S,Sargeant A,Seymour J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to support general practitioners (GPs) in maintaining and developing their palliative care skills as most of the final year of a patient's life is spent at home under the care of the primary health care team. The training needs and uptake of GPs have been explored, but little is known about how GP educ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Shipman C,Addington-Hall J,Barclay S,Briggs J,Cox I,Daniels L,Millar D

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A prospective cohort study evaluated the performance and acceptability of the cognitive based Mood Evaluation Questionnaire (MEQ) in assessing depressive symptoms over time in patients with advanced cancer. The structured clinical interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) and the single-item interview screening question...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Meyer HA,Sinnott C,Seed PT

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00