... The use of validated scales may therefore be useful for standardising the evaluation of symptoms and monitoring the healthcare outcomes of these patients [9]. Because of the variety of symptoms that might be suffered by ...
... Introduction. The desire to hasten death (DHD) might be present in patients with advanced cancer. Multiple distressing physical and psychosocial symptoms may be related to it. There is limited literature about the ...
... of palliativecare to alleviate physical emotional, spiritual, and existential sources of ...of palliativecare is to alleviate suffering in the final stages of illness and at the same time to ...
... pice care and the median survival after transfer to hospice was only 15 ...inpatient palliative medicine ...received palliativecare services had their first consultation within one week of ...
... with palliativecare patients occurred and to describe the elements that are favorable or unfavorable to such encounters based on the expectations and feelings they ...a palliativecare team ...
... of palliativecare, so they decided to develop and analyze validity and reliability of the Spanish version of a well-known instrument, the ...in palliativecare were: its shortness, its ...
... comprehensive palliativecare services in a locality, other care settings must be ...in care homes and the end of life care provided for such people is important, though sometimes of ...
... Within palliativecare, nutrition has an important psychological, spiritual, social and cultural role (Eldridge and Gandy, 2014). Hughes and Neal (2008) identified that loss of appetite is a complex ...
... of palliativecare (Ke et al 2008a, 2008b), they often lacked in-depth clinical knowledge about ANH (Bryon et al 2008, Ke et al 2008a, 2008b) and the dying process (Ke et al 2008a, Van der Riet et al ...in ...
... national palliativecare plan must include policy measures to provide the wide range of drugs required to manage the common symptoms of cancer, including pain, nausea, vomiting, delirium, agitation, ...
... children’s palliativecare for over 20 ...Paediatric Palliative Medicine and is an editor of Synopsis an abstract ...Paediatric Palliative Medicine and Honorary Consultant for LOROS (an adult ...
... in PalliativeCare (NNPC) in Kerala, India, is a successful programme that involves volunteers at various ...to care for the sick in their area are enrolled in structured training (16 hours of ...
... It’s like this: in just two hours [after arriving at the palliativecare unit] I was walking up straight. I couldn’t believe it. Well, almost straight; after two days, I was totally straight. It was ...
... acute palliativecare services/units from other countries (de la Cruz, Ransing, et ...acute palliativecare services (Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale), previous studies have demon- strated ...
... of care which when performed entails in negative effects to the ...in palliativecare occurs when there is the necessity of analge- sia and sedation for patients in intense pain, as difficulty in ...
... for palliativecare have predominantly focused on younger adults F specifically those with ...a palliativecare patient is that of a 50- year-old mother of two with advanced ovarian ...cancer. ...
... and palliativecare, as well as decisions on life-sustaining ...and palliativecare were enforced 18 months after the enactment of the law and articles on decisions on life-sustaining ...
... The authors have made every effort to check current data sheets and literature up to September 2014, but the dosages, indications, contraindications and adverse effects of drugs change over time as new information is ...
... Quality PalliativeCare 16 guided this ...structure, palliativecare resides in eight domains, each with specific guidelines that serve as the basis for comprehensive and high quality ...
... for palliativecare to decrease suffering for individuals and their ...acute care settings often receiving futile treat- ments that are distressing to individuals, their fam- ily members and health ...