Nurses working 12-hour shifts in the hospice setting.

abstract：:Homeless persons tend to die younger than the housed population and have complex, often unmet, end-of-life care needs. High levels of illicit drug use among this population are a particular challenge for health and social services professionals involved in end-of-life care services delivery. This article explores the ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： McNeil R,Guirguis-Younger M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence supporting pharmacological treatment of death rattle is poor; yet, anticholinergic drugs feature in end-of-life care pathways and guidelines worldwide as a treatment option. AIM:This qualitative arm of a wider study aimed to explore important issues which health-care professionals associated wi...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Hirsch CA,Marriott JF,Faull CM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In rural settings, relationships between place and self are often stronger than for urban residents, so one may expect that rural people would view dying at home as a major feature of the 'good death'. AIM:To explore the concept of the 'good death' articulated by rural patients with life-limiting illnesses,...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Rainsford S,Phillips CB,Glasgow NJ,MacLeod RD,Wiles RB

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to further validate a novel instrument to measure satisfaction with end-of-life care, called the Canadian Health Care Evaluation Project (CANHELP) questionnaire. Data were collected by a cross-sectional survey of patients who had advanced, life-limiting illnesses and their family caregive...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Heyland DK,Cook DJ,Rocker GM,Dodek PM,Kutsogiannis DJ,Skrobik Y,Jiang X,Day AG,Cohen SR,Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network.

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：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：: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：BACKGROUND:Informal carers play a key supportive role for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, caring can have a considerable impact on health and wellbeing. Carers may have unidentified support needs that could be a target for intervention. Literature on the support needs of informal carers ha...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Micklewright K,Farquhar M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Association for Palliative Care recommendation for starting morphine for cancer pain is dose titration with immediate release (IR) oral morphine given every 4 h with additionally doses for breakthrough pain. As part of a EU 6th framework programme to revise the guidelines we review the evidence regarding ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Klepstad P,Kaasa S,Borchgrevink PC

更新日期：2011-07-01 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:Early palliative care improves quality of life during life-prolonging treatment for patients with cancer, but the role of nurses in facilitating the early involvement of palliative care is unclear. AIM:To conceptualize the psychosocial processes involved in the introduction and provision of palliative care ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Mohammed S,Savage P,Kevork N,Swami N,Rodin G,Zimmermann C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of cognitive impairment in patients who are receiving hospice care can affect numerous practical, ethical and legal aspects of their healthcare. A number of factors can contribute to cognitive impairment in these patients. Prevalence rates of cognitive impairment vary widely, but it remains under-recognis...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Irwin SA,Zurhellen CH,Diamond LC,Dunn LB,Palmer BW,Jeste DV,Twamley EW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Gold Standards Framework (GSF) was developed to improve the delivery of palliative care in general practice. AIM:The aim of the study was to evaluate the first phase of GSF in terms of its acceptability to primary care teams, effectiveness in changing practice and professionals' views on the consequence...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Thomas K,Noble B

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:There is widespread agreement that the families of hospice patients need to be prepared for the final days of life, yet current practices preparing families are not well described. Examining the gap between family needs and current practice will inform the development of effective preparatory interventions. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Kehl KA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attitudes to companion animals were surveyed among 50 patients and staff at a day care hospice. Dog visits were welcomed by all but two. Of the 37 patients studied, only seven had a companion animal, often their closest companion. Many more would like to keep an animal, but were prevented by age, frailty or accommodat...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Phear DN

更新日期：1996-10-01 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:There is increasing demand for primary care practitioners to play a key role in palliative care delivery. Given this, it is important to understand their perceptions of the barriers and enablers to optimal palliative care, and how commonly these are experienced. AIM:To explore the type and prevalence of bar...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Carey ML,Zucca AC,Freund MA,Bryant J,Herrmann A,Roberts BJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of the use of laxatives, and the relationship between doses of laxatives and of opioid analgesia, were determined by a prospective study of 498 hospice inpatients with advanced cancer. Laxatives were required by 87% of patients taking oral strong opioids, 74% of those on weak opioids and 64% of those not...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Sykes NP

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) produced a previous undergraduate palliative medicine syllabus in 1992. This study describes the process of developing the new APM consensus syllabus against the background of changes in medical education and palliative medicine since 1992. The syllabus was derived by mean...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Paes P,Wee B

更新日期：2008-06-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and explore the educational needs of children's hospice doctors in England. DESIGN:A descriptive quantitative and qualitative survey. SETTING:Children's hospices in England. PARTICIPANTS:All children's hospice doctors (n =55) in England were approached, and 35 (65%) consented. INTERVENTIONS:A...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Amery J,Lapwood S

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:The subject of communication between palliative care physicians and their patients regarding their diagnosis and prognosis has not been extensively researched. The purpose of this survey was to compare the attitudes and beliefs of palliative care specialists regarding communication with the terminally ill in Europe, S...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Bruera E,Neumann CM,Mazzocato C,Stiefel F,Sala R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The word 'euthanasia' has been used with a variety of meanings, all of which refer to one precise action: the killing of a suffering person. A moral evaluation of such an act can lead us either to condemn it a priori, shutting the door upon any argument, or to allow further discussion. But the issue must be discussed,...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Di Mola G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We developed a new single point of access to integrated palliative care, respiratory medicine and physiotherapy: the breathlessness support service for patients with advanced disease and refractory breathlessness. This study aimed to describe patients' experiences of the service and identify the aspects valu...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Reilly CC,Bausewein C,Pannell C,Moxham J,Jolley CJ,Higginson IJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOS) is designed to detect delirium by nurses' observations and has shown good psychometric properties. Its use in palliative care unit patients has not been studied. AIM:To determine diagnostic and concurrent validity, internal consistency, and user-friendliness of...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Detroyer E,Clement PM,Baeten N,Pennemans M,Decruyenaere M,Vandenberghe J,Menten J,Joosten E,Milisen K

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is difficult to define and measure. It is a generic term that includes concepts such as physical health, life satisfaction, psychological well-being and self-integrity. Realizing and appreciating the importance of HRQL is crucial for physicians if they are to be in a position to o...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Mystakidou K,Tsilika E,Befon S,Kululias V,Vlahos L

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient palliative care can provide significant benefits to seriously ill patients, but several barriers to appropriate referrals remain. No study has examined the physician factors associated with referral to outpatient palliative care. To determine physician factors, with a focus on physician beliefs, associated ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ahluwalia SC,Fried TR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00