Perceptions and practices of spiritual care among hospice physicians and nurses in a Taiwanese tertiary hospital: a qualitative study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last few decades, patients' rights have been reinforced in many countries by acts of law. Measures now include health care proxies to uphold the doctor-patient relationship and advance directives for end-of-life patients. These could be relevant tools as early as the initial diagnosis of haematolo...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Trarieux-Signol S,Moreau S,Gourin MP,Penot A,Edoux de Lafont G,Preux PM,Bordessoule D

更新日期：2014-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Volunteers play a significant role in supporting hospice and palliative care in Africa, but little is known about the types of volunteers, their motivations and roles in service delivery. METHODS:Palliative care experts from 30 African countries were invited to participate in an online survey, conducted in ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Loth CC,Namisango E,Powell RA,Pabst KH,Leng M,Hamada M,Radbruch L

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research suggests that there may be bereavement experiences and support needs which are specific to family caregivers providing end of life care (EoLC), although this remains an under-researched area. This paper focuses on themes relating to bereavement which were derived from an analysis of free text survey...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Harrop E,Morgan F,Byrne A,Nelson A

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One essential element of research is the successful recruitment of participants. However, concerns are obvious regarding the ethical implications of involving terminally ill and even dying patients and their informal caregivers as research participants. This study aims to illustrate central issues encountere...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Stiel S,Heckel M,Bussmann S,Weber M,Ostgathe C

更新日期：2015-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last years of life, burden of disease and disability and need of health- and social care often increase. Social, functional and psychological factors may be important in regard to social- and health care utilization. This study aims to describe use of health- and social care during the last year of li...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Hallgren J,Johansson L,Lannering C,Ernsth Bravell M,Gillsjö C

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More people die in hospital than in any other setting which is why it is important to study the outcomes of hospital care at end of life. This study analyses what influenced outcomes in a sample of patients who died in hospital in Ireland in 2008/9. The study was undertaken as part of the Irish Hospice Found...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： McKeown K,Haase T,Pratschke J,Twomey S,Donovan H,Engling F

更新日期：2015-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family members are involved in the care of palliative patients at home and therefore, should be viewed as important sources of information to help clinicians better understand the quality palliative care service patients receive. The objective of the study was to analyse what is valued most by family carers ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Aparicio M,Centeno C,Carrasco JM,Barbosa A,Arantzamendi M

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, the number of people who die with dementia is increasing. The importance of a palliative approach in the care of people with dementia is recognised and there are national polices to enhance current care. In the UK implementation of these polices is promoted by the National Institute for Health and ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Candy B,Elliott M,Moore K,Vickerstaff V,Sampson E,Jones L

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication in do not resuscitate (DNR) and artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) at the end of life is a key component of advance care planning (ACP) which is essential for patients with advanced cancer to have cares concordant with their wishes. The SOP model (Shared decision making with Oncologists a...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Huang HL,Tsai JS,Yao CA,Cheng SY,Hu WY,Chiu TY

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with schizophrenia are at risk of receiving poorer end of life care than other patients. They are often undertreated, avoid treatment and are about half as likely to access palliative care. There are limited options for end of life care for this under-serviced group in need. This study aims to address...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： McNamara B,Same A,Rosenwax L,Kelly B

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:This study explores with patients, carers and health care professionals if, when and how Advance Care Planning conversations about patients' preferences for place of care (and death) were facilitated and documented. METHODS:The study adopted an exploratory case study design using qualitative in...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Almack K,Cox K,Moghaddam N,Pollock K,Seymour J

更新日期：2012-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders of the elderly population. Few therapeutic options are available for patients with PD requiring palliative care. Treatment of the early stages of PD is entirely different from later stages. During the later stages, the palliative care mode...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Lokk J,Delbari A

更新日期：2012-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of music as therapy in multidisciplinary end-of-life care dates back to the 1970s and nowadays music therapy (MT) is one of the most frequently used complementary therapy in in-patient palliative care in the US. However existing research investigated music therapy's potential impact mainly from one p...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Schmid W,Rosland JH,von Hofacker S,Hunskår I,Bruvik F

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS) was developed for evaluating essential outcomes for palliative care patients. Our objectives here are to describe the process of a six-phase cross-cultural adaptation of IPOS to French (IPOS-Fr), highlight the difficulties encountered and strategies to solv...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Sterie AC,Bernard M

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Palliative and end-of-life care development is hindered by a lack of information about the circumstances surrounding dying in developing and resource-poor countries. Our aims were to develop and obtain face and content validity for a self-administered questionnaire on end-of-life care provision and medical d...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Jennings N,Chambaere K,Cox Macpherson C,Cox KL,Deliens L,Cohen J

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past ten years there has been an increasing focus on the need for improving the experience of end of life care. A number of policy initiatives have been introduced to develop approaches to discussing and documenting individual preferences for end of life care, in particular preferred place to die. ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Cox K,Moghaddam N,Almack K,Pollock K,Seymour J

更新日期：2011-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children show long-term psychological distress if family communication and illness-related information are poor during and after a parent's illness and death. Few psychosocial interventions for families with minor children living with a parent who has a life-threatening illness have been evaluated rigorously...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Eklund R,Alvariza A,Kreicbergs U,Jalmsell L,Lövgren M

更新日期：2020-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-based mortality follow-back survey designs have been used to collect information concerning end-of-life care from bereaved family members in several countries. In Canada, this design was recently employed to gather population-based information about the end-of-life care experience among adults in Nova Scoti...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Lawson B,Van Aarsen K,Burge F

更新日期：2013-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under-diagnosis of pain is a serious problem in cancer care. Accurate pain assessment by physicians may form the basis of effective care. The aim of this study is to examine the association between late referral to a Palliative Care Team (PCT) after admission and the under-diagnosis of pain by primary physic...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Akashi M,Yano E,Aruga E

更新日期：2012-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited population-level research on end-of-life care in Australia that considers health care use and costs across hospital and community sectors. The aim of this study was to quantify health care use and costs in the last 6 months of life in a cohort of elderly Australian decedents and to examine t...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Reeve R,Srasuebkul P,Langton JM,Haas M,Viney R,Pearson SA,EOL-CC study authors.

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In palliative care (PC) patients and relatives (P/R) often show their gratitude to the healthcare professionals (HP) who care for them. HP appreciate these displays of gratitude, although the impact of the same has not been examined in detail. Publications analysed tell personal experiences in which HP say t...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Aparicio M,Centeno C,Arantzamendi M

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Models of palliative care delivery develop within a social, cultural, and political context. This paper describes the 30-year history of the National Tumor Association (ANT), a palliative care organization founded in the Italian province of Bologna, focusing on this model of home care for palliative cancer p...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Casadio M,Biasco G,Abernethy A,Bonazzi V,Pannuti R,Pannuti F

更新日期：2010-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overuse of anti-cancer therapy is an important quality-of-care issue. An aggressive approach to treatment can have negative effects on quality of life and cost, but its effect on survival is not well-defined. METHODS:Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database, we identified 7,87...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Saito AM,Landrum MB,Neville BA,Ayanian JZ,Earle CC

更新日期：2011-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are many potential benefits to chaplaincy in transforming into a "research-informed" profession. However little is known or has been documented about the roles of chaplains on research teams and as researchers or about the effects of research engagement on chaplains themselves. This report describes th...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Kestenbaum A,James J,Morgan S,Shields M,Hocker W,Rabow M,Dunn LB

更新日期：2015-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The supportive hospice aged residential exchange (SHARE) is a new model of palliative care education that has been designed for residential aged care. The goal of SHARE is to help clinical staff improve palliative care within residential aged care facilities and to improve specialist palliative care nurses' ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Frey R,Barham S,Balmer D,Boyd M,Robinson J,Gott M

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of palliative care is to improve the quality of life of patients and families through the prevention and relief of suffering. Frequently, patients may choose to receive palliative care in the home. The objective of this paper is to summarize the quality and primary outcomes measured within the pallia...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Hofmeister M,Memedovich A,Dowsett LE,Sevick L,McCarron T,Spackman E,Stafinski T,Menon D,Noseworthy T,Clement F

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though struggling with similar symptom burden, patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) receive less palliative care than patients suffering from malignant diseases. Researchers have found that this might be related to lack of knowledge about palliative care, insufficient interprofessional communicatio...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Ziehm J,Farin E,Seibel K,Becker G,Köberich S

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The focus of Specialized Palliative Care (SPC) is to improve care for patients with incurable diseases and their families, which includes the opportunity to make their own choice of place of care and ultimately place of death. The Danish Palliative Care Trial (DOMUS) aims to investigate whether an accelerate...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Nordly M,Benthien KS,Von Der Maase H,Johansen C,Kruse M,Timm H,Vadstrup ES,Kurita GP,von Heymann-Horan AB,Sjøgren P

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The leading cause of death among young children in southern Africa is complications due to HIV infection and, in South Africa, over a third of all deaths of children younger than five are associated with HIV infection. There is a great and urgent need for children's palliative care in Africa, whether HIV-rel...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Naicker SN,Richter L,Stein A,Campbell L,Marston J

更新日期：2016-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper explores carers' views of dying, death and bereavement for family members who had recently died with heart failure adding to a growing literature on end of life experiences for people with conditions other than cancer. METHODS:Twenty interviews were conducted with bereaved carers of older people ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Small N,Barnes S,Gott M,Payne S,Parker C,Seamark D,Gariballa S

更新日期：2009-06-16 00:00:00