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Family caregivers of advanced cancer patients: self-perceived competency and meaning-making
5 Centre for Aging Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 6 Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Background Family caregivers of patients with ...
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Prognostic models and factors identifying end-of-life in non-cancer chronic diseases: a systematic review
Background Precise prognostic information, if available, is very helpful for guiding treatment decisions and resource allocation in patients with non-cancer non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs).
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Refractory hyperactive delirium in the dying: pharmacological management
Background Delirium is a prevalent clinical presentation in advanced illness. The hyperactive phase can cause severe symptoms at the end of life. There is no published study of the pharmacological ...
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Identifying patients at risk of futile resuscitation: palliative care indicators in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Objectives Patients with indicators for palliative care, such as those with advanced life-limiting conditions, are at risk of futile cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if they suffer out-of-hospital ...
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Online First
Prophylactic antibiotics and corticosteroid prescribing in palliative medicine: retrospective study ...
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Advance care planning in England: Is there an association with place of death? Secondary analysis of data from the National Survey of Bereaved People
Correspondence to Josie Dixon, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK; j.e.dixon{at}lse.ac.uk Objectives ...
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Systematic mixed-method review of barriers to end-of-life communication in the family context
Background Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open end-of-life ...
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End-of-life care in illicit drug users: mapping medication use
Correspondence to Dr Stacey Panozzo, Palliative Nexus, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3065, Australia; stacey.panozzo{at}svha.org.au Background While clinical wisdom has long provided ...
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Research challenges in palliative and end of life care
Correspondence to Professor Irene J Higginson, King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9PJ, ...
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Colorectal cancer survivors’ quality of life: a qualitative study of unmet need
Objective Cancer survivors’ perceptions of healthcare have been identified as a predictor of quality of life (QoL) outcomes. This study aims to explore colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors’ perceptions ...
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Palliative care environments for patient, family and staff well-being: an ethnographic study of non-standard design
Objective There is an increased expectation that contemporary hospital design will improve clinical outcomes and patient experiences and support staff well-being. In response, this study examined ...
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Using the Clinical Research Network for psychosocial cancer research: lessons learned from two observational studies
1 Psychosocial Oncology and Clinical Practice Research Group, Leeds Institute for Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK 2 Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, Faculty ...