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End of Life Care: Context, Goals, and Challenges
This chapter aims to tackle end of life issues for patients and their families. It will reflect on the process of disease to understand when “end of...
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End-of-Life Care Education as Blended Learning Approach for General Practitioners: a Sco** Review
General practitioners (GPs) are critical in providing primary palliative care in the community. Apprehensions about managing a dying person at home,...
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A first voice perspective of people experiencing homelessness on preferences for the end-of-life and end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic
ObjectivePeople experiencing homelessness often encounter progressive illness(es) earlier and are at increased risk of mortality compared to the...
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Disparities in healthcare expenditures according to economic status in cancer patients undergoing end-of-life care
BackgroundsA desire for better outcome influences cancer patients’ willingness to pay. Whilst cancer-related costs are known to have a u-shaped...
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Initial treatment is associated with improved survival and end-of-life outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer: a cohort study
BackgroundWe describe the association between initial treatment and end-of-life (EOL) outcomes among patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma...
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A Countrywide Assessment of Omani Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Palliative Care Knowledge and Attitudes Towards End-of-Life Care
Palliative care (PC) is a vital part of the responses needed to address the outcomes of cancer and other non-communicable diseases such as chronic...
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Identifying patients with malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) near end of life who can benefit from palliative radiotherapy
BackgroundA previous score predicted death ≤ 2 months following radiotherapy for MSCC. For patients with a high probability of early death, best...
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A Multi-country Comparative Study on Palliative Care Knowledge and Attitudes Toward End-of-Life Care Among Undergraduate Nursing Students
The global burden of human death after experiencing serious health-related suffering (SHRS) requiring palliative care (PC) and end-of-life care...
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Botulinum Toxins for Treatment of Cancer-Related and End of Life Pain
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) exert an analgesic effect through several mechanisms including muscle relaxation through inhibition of acetylcholine...
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Hospitalization at the end of life in patients with multiple myeloma
BackgroundDespite advances in treatment, multiple myeloma (MM) remains incurable and results in significant morbidity and mortality. Further research...
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Anticholinergic load and delirium in end-of-life patients
BackgroundDelirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with negative outcomes, including worsening of cognitive and functional status and an...
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The Potential of Psychedelics for End of Life and Palliative Care
End of life and palliative care has improved in recent decades but the psychopharmacological options available to clinicians and patients in these...
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Advance directives and end-of-life care: knowledge and preferences of patients with brain Tumours from Anhui, China
BackgroundIn Mainland China, advance directives (ADs) and end-of-life care for patients with tumours, especially patients with brain tumours who may...
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Intensity of end-of-life health care and mortality after systemic anti-cancer treatment in patients with advanced lung cancer
BackgroundWe aimed to study the mortality and intensity of health care in patients with advanced lung cancer who received systemic anti-cancer...
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A Qualitative Study to Explore Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives on End-of-Life Patients’ Dignity. How Can Dignity Be Defined, and Which Strategies Exist to Maintain Dignity?
Dignity is a core topic within palliative care, and thus, it is important to get a detailed assessment of healthcare providers’ (HCPs) perspectives...
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End-of-Life Symptoms
Safe care at the end of life involves much more than just prescribing for end-of-life symptoms. An approach of whole person care is one in which...
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End-of-Life Decisions
This chapter deals with the topic of medical decisions and decision-making that occur at the end of life and have the potential to allow the patient...
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End of Life Care
This chapter aims to tackle end of life issues for patients and their families. It will reflect on the process of disease to understand when “end of...
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“Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver” Palliative Educational Program: The Results of a Survey Assessing Physicians’ Perceptions of Drama-Based Education for End-of-Life Care
Inadequate palliative care training in medical education is associated with many physicians feeling unprepared to care for dying patients and their...
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Knowledge, attitude and associated factors towards end of life care among nurses’ working in Amhara Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude and Associated Factors towards end of life care in Amhara Referral...