abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence and implementation of institutional end-of-life policies has been comprehensively studied in Flanders, Belgium, a country where euthanasia was legalised in 2002. Developing end-of-life policies in hospitals is a first step towards improving the quality of medical decision-making at the end-of-...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： D'Haene I,Vander Stichele RH,Pasman HR,Noortgate NV,Bilsen J,Mortier F,Deliens L

更新日期：2009-12-30 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit (CCB) is to enable family members and other loved ones who are employed to take a temporary secured leave to care for a terminally ill individual at end of life. Successful applicants of the CCB can receive up to 55% of their average insured earnings, up to a m...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Crooks VA,Williams A

更新日期：2008-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) was first introduced in1996 as a new tool for measurement of performance status in palliative care. PPS has been used in many countries and has been translated into other languages. METHODS:This study evaluated the reliability and validity of PPS. A web-based, case sce...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Ho F,Lau F,Downing MG,Lesperance M

更新日期：2008-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discrepancies between the information that patients have received and the patients' awareness of their condition have frequently been observed in literature and given a number of different explanations. The chief contribution of this study is that by following patients over time it is possible not only to no...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Hoff L,Hermerén G

更新日期：2008-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Transitions in the location of care and in who provides such care can be extremely stressful for individuals facing death and for those close to them. The objective of this study was to describe the distribution of transitions in care experienced by palliative care patients following admission to a compreh...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Burge FI,Lawson B,Critchley P,Maxwell D

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Although guidelines for the care of the dying patient exist the evidence base to support the guidelines is poor. Some of the factors contributing to this include failure to recruit to trials, protective healthcare professionals and subsequent attrition from trials due to the death of the patients. Recent s...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Fowell A,Russell I,Johnstone R,Finlay I,Russell D

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00