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www.siumed.edu/ethics/medicine_death.htm dyspneaendoflife.stanford.edu/M07_Zaw_Dysnea/res_dysnea.html caregiver well-being - toolkit - brown universitywww.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/familyburden.htm bereavementendoflife.stanford.edu/M21_bereave/res_bereave.htm books reviews---best books--bibliographies---selected and reviewed by james leonard parkwww.tc.umn.edu/%7Eparkx032/BIB-JP.html palliative medicine - specialties - royal college of physicians, londonwww.rcplondon.ac.uk/SPECIALTIES/PALLIATIVE-MEDICINE/Pages/Pa ... rchc community project abstract database - oregon ahec - oregon area health education centers programwww.ohsu.edu/ahec/clerkship/startabstractdb.cfm palliative care | seattle cancer care alliancewww.seattlecca.org/palliative-care.cfm social/family issues: medlinepluswww.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/socialfamilyissues.html chapter 49. advance planning for end-of-life carewww.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/chap49.htm ol>Research Grants PALLIATIVE CARE FELLOWSHIPJ A Billings; Fiscal Year: 2004 The CASCADE Study: End-of-Life in Advanced DementiaSusan L Mitchell; Fiscal Year: 2008 The CASCADE Study: End-of-Life in Advanced DementiaSusan L Mitchell; Fiscal Year: 2007 Improving Marital Support For Couples Coping with CancerSharon L Manne; Fiscal Year: 2008 Improving Marital Support For Couples Coping with CancerSharon L Manne; Fiscal Year: 2007 ol>Publications Supportive and palliative care needs of families of children who die from cancer: an Australian studyLeanne Monterosso Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia Palliat Med 22:59-69 Proxy perspectives regarding end-of-life care for persons with cancerMarie Bakitas School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Cancer 112:1854-61 An analysis of provider attitudes toward end-of-life decision-makingJean A Yates Graduate School of Management, Marshall University, South Charleston, West Virginia, USA Am J Hosp Palliat Care 20:371-81 End of life care. Perspectives from families and caregiversK Kreitzschitz Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation, St George's University School of Medicine, St George's, Grenada West Indian Med J 52:311-6 Faculty development in end-of-life care: evaluation of a national train-the-trainer programGeorgette A Stratos Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94304, USA Acad Med 81:1000-7 Policies designed to enhance the quality of life of children with cancer at the end-of-lifeC S Tadmor Department of Pediatric Hemato Oncology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Hematology, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Pediatr Hematol Oncol 20:43-54 Palliative sedationPaul C Rousseau Am J Hosp Palliat Care 19:295-7 Palliative care: end of life careD Spence West Indian Med J 52:265-6 Symptoms, treatment and "dying peacefully" in terminally ill cancer patients: a prospective studyJean Jacques Georges Department of Public and Occupational Health, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Support Care Cancer 13:160-8 Beyond ethical dilemmas: improving the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unitGordon D Rubenfeld ol>Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Crit Care 7:11-2 | Scientific Experts
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www.siumed.edu/ethics/medicine_death.htm
dyspneaendoflife.stanford.edu/M07_Zaw_Dysnea/res_dysnea.html
caregiver well-being - toolkit - brown universitywww.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/familyburden.htm
bereavementendoflife.stanford.edu/M21_bereave/res_bereave.htm
books reviews---best books--bibliographies---selected and reviewed by james leonard parkwww.tc.umn.edu/%7Eparkx032/BIB-JP.html
palliative medicine - specialties - royal college of physicians, londonwww.rcplondon.ac.uk/SPECIALTIES/PALLIATIVE-MEDICINE/Pages/Pa ...
rchc community project abstract database - oregon ahec - oregon area health education centers programwww.ohsu.edu/ahec/clerkship/startabstractdb.cfm
palliative care | seattle cancer care alliancewww.seattlecca.org/palliative-care.cfm
social/family issues: medlinepluswww.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/socialfamilyissues.html
chapter 49. advance planning for end-of-life carewww.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/chap49.htm
physicians | winter haven hospitalwww.mfms.com/physicians/physicians.asp
medical college of wisconsin patient caredoctor.mcw.edu/clinic.php?35
university of north carolina wilmington - the career center - explore and research careerswww.uncw.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/nursing.htm
euthanasia, passivelib.bioinfo.pl/meid:51378
lamson librarylibrary.plymouth.edu/browse/?subj=Advance+Directives
visiting coe bases 2 a construction of death and life studies concerning culture and value of lifewww.u-tokyo.ac.jp/coe/coe02_tanbou02_e.html
anticipatory grief, death, and bereavement: a continuumwww2.sunysuffolk.edu/pecorip/SCCCWEB/ETEXTS/DeathandDying_TE ...
university of north carolina wilmington - the career center - explore and research careerswww.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/majors/nursing.htm
social changelib.bioinfo.pl/meid:51407
department of sociology | brandeis universitywww.brandeis.edu/departments/sociology/timmermans.html
nursing carelib.bioinfo.pl/meid:43759
maple farm nursing centerwww.lancastergeneral.org/content/Maple_Farm_Nursing_Center.h ...
euthanasia considered as device paradigmscholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v3n1/tijmes.html
faculty of theologyacademic.sun.ac.za/tsv/Profiles/louw_profile.htm
faculty of theologyacademic.sun.ac.za/theology/Profiles/louw_profile.htm
lamson library » final exam : a surgeon’s reflections on mortalitylibrary.plymouth.edu/browse/?subj=Chen%2C+Pauline+W%2C
nursing homes and assisted livingwww.stjohn.org/InnerPage.aspx?PageID=2210
instructor class descriptionwww.washington.edu/students/icd/S/engl/281kellymeg.html
geriatric medicine fellowshipwww.einstein.edu/medicine/geriatric/education/index.html
ol>Research Grants
PALLIATIVE CARE FELLOWSHIPJ A Billings; Fiscal Year: 2004
DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) Problems with the quality of terminal care and with how medical education addresses the end of life have been widely recognized in both public and professional forums...
The CASCADE Study: End-of-Life in Advanced DementiaSusan L Mitchell; Fiscal Year: 2008
..Seventy percent with dementia will die in a nursing home (NH). Therefore, NHs are important sites of terminal care for these patients...
The CASCADE Study: End-of-Life in Advanced DementiaSusan L Mitchell; Fiscal Year: 2007
..Seventy percent with dementia will die in a nursing home (NH). Therefore, NHs are important sites of terminal care for these patients...
Improving Marital Support For Couples Coping with CancerSharon L Manne; Fiscal Year: 2008
..piece on marital support processes among cancer patients and their partners as well as to move her couples' work into the area of end-of-life/terminal care.
Public Health Relevance: This Public Health Relevance is not available.
Improving Marital Support For Couples Coping with CancerSharon L Manne; Fiscal Year: 2007
..Over the award period, she also plans to author a review and integration piece on marital support processes among cancer patients and their partners as well as to move her couples' work into the area of end-of-life/terminal care.
ol>Publications
Supportive and palliative care needs of families of children who die from cancer: an Australian studyLeanne Monterosso
Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Palliat Med 22:59-69
Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Palliat Med 22:59-69
..This will facilitate a better understanding by both parents and their children with cancer, and acceptance of the integration of palliative and supportive care in routine cancer care...
Proxy perspectives regarding end-of-life care for persons with cancerMarie Bakitas
School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Cancer 112:1854-61
School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Cancer 112:1854-61
..CONCLUSIONS: Measurement of proxy perspectives is feasible as an indicator of the quality of end-of-life care, and the results of the current study provide actionable data for areas of improvement in palliative oncology care...
An analysis of provider attitudes toward end-of-life decision-makingJean A Yates
Graduate School of Management, Marshall University, South Charleston, West Virginia, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 20:371-81
Graduate School of Management, Marshall University, South Charleston, West Virginia, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 20:371-81
..While the results showed a general consensus about the importance of respecting patients' end-of-life wishes, there were differences among respondents in regard to specific issues...
End of life care. Perspectives from families and caregiversK Kreitzschitz
Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation, St George's University School of Medicine, St George's, Grenada
West Indian Med J 52:311-6
Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation, St George's University School of Medicine, St George's, Grenada
West Indian Med J 52:311-6
..This paper illustrates the need for health professionals and policy makers to do more to relieve suffering at the end of life...
Faculty development in end-of-life care: evaluation of a national train-the-trainer programGeorgette A Stratos
Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94304, USA
Acad Med 81:1000-7
Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94304, USA
Acad Med 81:1000-7
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Policies designed to enhance the quality of life of children with cancer at the end-of-lifeC S Tadmor
Department of Pediatric Hemato Oncology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Hematology, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 20:43-54
Department of Pediatric Hemato Oncology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Hematology, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 20:43-54
..Preventive intervention on the Social Action level consists of introducing policies and services in the pediatric hemato-oncology department designed to enhance the quality of life of children with cancer at the end-of-life...
Palliative sedationPaul C Rousseau
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 19:295-7
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 19:295-7
Palliative care: end of life careD Spence
West Indian Med J 52:265-6
West Indian Med J 52:265-6
Symptoms, treatment and "dying peacefully" in terminally ill cancer patients: a prospective studyJean Jacques Georges
Department of Public and Occupational Health, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Support Care Cancer 13:160-8
Department of Public and Occupational Health, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Support Care Cancer 13:160-8
..Attention to psychosocial well-being and to the need to be with loved ones appears to be essential for patients' quality of life...
Beyond ethical dilemmas: improving the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unitGordon D Rubenfeld
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Crit Care 7:11-2
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Crit Care 7:11-2
Teaching palliative care and end-of-life issues: a core curriculum for surgical residentsDaniel D Klaristenfeld
Department of Surgery, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, APC Room 437, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 14:1801-6
Department of Surgery, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, APC Room 437, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 14:1801-6
..Surgical residents think that understanding palliative care is a useful part of their training, a sentiment that is still evident 3 months later...
A revisitation of "doc, how much time do I have?"Lidia Schapira
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, USA
J Clin Oncol 21:8s-11s
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, USA
J Clin Oncol 21:8s-11s
Improving our care at life's end: making a differenceGary L Stein
New Jersey Health Decisions, 13 Rockland Terrace, Verona, NJ 07044, USA
Health Soc Work 29:77-9
New Jersey Health Decisions, 13 Rockland Terrace, Verona, NJ 07044, USA
Health Soc Work 29:77-9
End-of-life issues in cardiac patients and their familiesT Jaarsma
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Groningen P.O. Box 30.001 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 1:223-5
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Groningen P.O. Box 30.001 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 1:223-5
Legal aspects of end-of-life decisions in Italy: the penal relevance of the limitation of treatment in the terminally ill and the problem of causality by omission. The legal puzzle of end-of-life care in Italy: is therapeutic limitation in the terminally E P Fabris
Università di Padova, Internazionale, Comunitario, Dipartimento di Diritto Pubblico, Padova, Italy
Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl 42:58-65
Università di Padova, Internazionale, Comunitario, Dipartimento di Diritto Pubblico, Padova, Italy
Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl 42:58-65
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Randomized controlled trial of a prompt list to help advanced cancer patients and their caregivers to ask questions about prognosis and end-of-life careJosephine M Clayton
Medical Psychology Research Unit, Department of Medicine and School of Psychology, and the School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Clin Oncol 25:715-23
Medical Psychology Research Unit, Department of Medicine and School of Psychology, and the School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Clin Oncol 25:715-23
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Good death in Japanese cancer care: a qualitative studyKei Hirai
Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
J Pain Symptom Manage 31:140-7
Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
J Pain Symptom Manage 31:140-7
..quot; This study identified important components of a good death in Japan. A future quantitative survey is planned to clarify the generalizability of these findings as the primary endpoint of palliative care in Japan...
Critical palliative care: intensive care redefinedJ M Civetta
Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3955, USA
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 10:137-59
Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3955, USA
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 10:137-59
..Finally, all need to learn more about the dying process to benefit society, their own families, and themselves...
Providing end-of-life care to patients: critical care nurses' perceived obstacles and supportive behaviorsRenea L Beckstrand
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Am J Crit Care 14:395-403
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Am J Crit Care 14:395-403
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Anger in palliative care: a clinical approachJ Philip
Palliative Care Service, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Intern Med J 37:49-55
Palliative Care Service, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Intern Med J 37:49-55
..A practical approach to anger, useful for the clinician directly involved in care, is outlined along with some strategies to adopt in the face of persistent anger...
Caring for the child with cancer at the close of lifeAmy J Markowitz
JAMA 293:1382
JAMA 293:1382
Caring for the child with cancer at the close of life: "there are people who make it, and I'm hoping I'm one of them"Craig A Hurwitz
Pediatric Advanced Care Team, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 292:2141-9
Pediatric Advanced Care Team, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 292:2141-9
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Preferences of the Dutch general public for a good death and associations with attitudes towards end-of-life decision-makingJudith A C Rietjens
Department of Public Health, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Palliat Med 20:685-92
Department of Public Health, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Palliat Med 20:685-92
..morphine were related to the wish to have a dignified death, and with concerns about burdening relatives with terminal care. Acceptance of euthanasia was also associated with the wish to be able to decide about medical end-of-life ..
Care of the dying patient: the last hours or days of lifeJohn Ellershaw
Marie Curie Centre Liverpool, Speke Road, Liverpool L25 8QA
BMJ 326:30-4
Marie Curie Centre Liverpool, Speke Road, Liverpool L25 8QA
BMJ 326:30-4
Caring for a dignified end of life in a Christian health-care institution: the view of Caritas Catholica VlaanderenChris Gastmans
Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Faculty of Medicine, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
Ethical Perspect 9:134-45
Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Faculty of Medicine, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
Ethical Perspect 9:134-45
End of life decision-making by New Zealand general practitioners: a national surveyKay Mitchell
Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
N Z Med J 117:U934
Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
N Z Med J 117:U934
..6% cases (39), actions consistent with physician-assisted death. CONCLUSION: Physician-assisted death provided by some general practitioners in New Zealand is occurring within the context of available palliative care...
End-of-life issues in intensive care units: a national random survey of nurses' knowledge and beliefsK A Puntillo
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Crit Care 10:216-29
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Crit Care 10:216-29
..The vast majority oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia. Wider professional and public dialogue on end-of-life care in intensive care units is warranted...
Communication with terminal cancer patients in palliative care: are there differences between nurses and physicians?A Levorato
Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
Support Care Cancer 9:420-7
Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland
Support Care Cancer 9:420-7
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Moral problems experienced by nurses when caring for terminally ill people: a literature reviewJean Jacques Georges
Daniel den Hoed Kliniek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nurs Ethics 9:155-78
Daniel den Hoed Kliniek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nurs Ethics 9:155-78
..The moral problems perceived by these nurses are related to end-of-life issues, communication with patients, the suffering of patients, and the appropriateness of the medical treatment...
Assessment of implementation of an order protocol for end-of-life symptom managementAnne M Walling
Department of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Palliat Med 11:857-65
Department of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Palliat Med 11:857-65
..Nearly all clinicians found the ESMO protocol to be valuable. CONCLUSIONS: A standardized protocol is a useful, but not fully sufficient, step toward improving care for dying hospitalized patients...
The challenge of patients' unmet palliative care needs in the final stages of chronic illnessD Fitzsimons
Nursing Research and Development, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Palliat Med 21:313-22
Nursing Research and Development, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Palliat Med 21:313-22
..An earlier and more effective implementation of the palliative care approach is necessary if the needs of patients in the final stages of chronic illness are to be adequately addressed...
Death rattle: its impact on staff and volunteers in palliative careBl Wee
Sir Michael Sobell House, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
Palliat Med 22:173-6
Sir Michael Sobell House, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
Palliat Med 22:173-6
..This effect may influence their decision to intervene when death rattle occurs. Doctors and nurses need to consider why, when and how they intervene and the consequences of that intervention...
[Existential crisis of the dying physician]Peter Strang
Karolinska institutet samt Stockholms sjukhems FoUU, Stockholm
Lakartidningen 101:1350-1
Karolinska institutet samt Stockholms sjukhems FoUU, Stockholm
Lakartidningen 101:1350-1
Sedation, dehydration, and ethical uncertaintySteven J Baumrucker
Palliative Care Service, Wellmont Health Systems, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 19:299-300
Palliative Care Service, Wellmont Health Systems, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 19:299-300
End-of-life care for older adultsKaren S Ogle
Department of Family Practice, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, B110 Clinical Center, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Prim Care 32:811-28
Department of Family Practice, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, B110 Clinical Center, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Prim Care 32:811-28
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Opioid analgesics for cancer pain: symptom control for the living or comfort for the dying? A qualitative study to investigate the factors influencing the decision to accept morphine for pain caused by cancerC M Reid
Gloucestershire Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
Ann Oncol 19:44-8
Gloucestershire Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
Ann Oncol 19:44-8
..CONCLUSION: Among cancer patients the idea that opioids represent a comfort measure for the dying and not legitimate analgesics may represent a greater barrier to their uptake than concerns about tolerance or addiction...
Decision making at a time of crisis near the end of lifeDavid E Weissman
Division of Neoplastic Disease and Related Disorders, Froedtert Hospital, Room 3961, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
JAMA 292:1738-43
Division of Neoplastic Disease and Related Disorders, Froedtert Hospital, Room 3961, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
JAMA 292:1738-43
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Patient control and end-of-life care part II: the advanced practice nurse perspectiveDeborah L Volker
Austin School of Nursing, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 31:954-60
Austin School of Nursing, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 31:954-60
..INTERPRETATION: Nurses must be sensitive to the variety of preferences their patients with advanced cancer may have for engagement in decisions regarding treatment, care management, and activities of daily life...
Moral problems in palliative care practice: a qualitative studyMaaike A Hermsen
University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, 232 EFG, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Med Health Care Philos 6:263-72
University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, 232 EFG, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Med Health Care Philos 6:263-72
..The specific differences in the manifestation of moral problems in the different palliative care settings will be highlighted as well...
Breaking the "bad" news to patients and families: preparing to have the conversation about end-of-life and hospice careRobert L Arnold
The Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast, 300 East Bay Drive, Largo, FL 33770, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 13:307-12
The Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast, 300 East Bay Drive, Largo, FL 33770, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 13:307-12
..The following article explores this multilevel approach in an effort to assist physicians and other health care professions in supporting patients and families in their transition from curative care to hospice and palliative care...
The agony of agonal respiration: is the last gasp necessary?R M Perkin
Department of Pediatrics, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858 4354, USA
J Med Ethics 28:164-9
Department of Pediatrics, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858 4354, USA
J Med Ethics 28:164-9
..We propose that there is an ethical basis, in rare circumstances, for the use of neuromuscular blockade to suppress prolonged episodes of agonal respiration in the well-sedated patient in order to allow a peaceful and comfortable death...
A good death in Uganda: survey of needs for palliative care for terminally ill people in urban areasEkiria Kikule
Hospice Africa Uganda, PO Box 7757, Kampala, Uganda
BMJ 327:192-4
Hospice Africa Uganda, PO Box 7757, Kampala, Uganda
BMJ 327:192-4
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Population-based study of place of death of patients with cancer: implications for GPsBirgit Aabom
Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Br J Gen Pract 55:684-9
Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Br J Gen Pract 55:684-9
..To increase the opportunity to die at home, more research is needed on the role of the GP and the interface between GPs and other providers of health care at home for patients who are terminally ill with cancer...
Does persistent involvement by the GP improve palliative care at home for end-stage cancer patients?Birgit Aabom
Research Unit for General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, J B Winsloøws Vej 9A, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
Palliat Med 20:507-12
Research Unit for General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, J B Winsloøws Vej 9A, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
Palliat Med 20:507-12
..Provided that temporal relations are taken into account, the mortality follow-back design can be a suitable and ethical research method to highlight and monitor end-of-life cancer care...
When death is imminent: where terminally ill patients with cancer prefer to die and whySiew Tzuh Tang
National Yang Ming University, School of Nursing, 155, Sec 2 Li Nong Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Cancer Nurs 26:245-51
National Yang Ming University, School of Nursing, 155, Sec 2 Li Nong Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Cancer Nurs 26:245-51
..Effective nursing interventions need developing to facilitate death at a place that is in accord with dying patients' preferences...
Treatment of existential distress in life threatening illness: a review of manualized interventionsKaterine LeMay
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Clin Psychol Rev 28:472-93
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Clin Psychol Rev 28:472-93
..Similarities and differences between each intervention are noted, and clinical and empirical considerations are discussed...
Home care of a child dying of a malignancy and parental awareness of a child's impending deathPamela J Surkan
Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Palliat Med 20:161-9
Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Palliat Med 20:161-9
..4% who did not receive the information). Prevalence of children's unrelieved pain was 11.6% for those receiving home care and 15.3% for those receiving care outside the home...
Anxiety and its management in advanced cancerAndrew J Roth
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10022, USA
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 1:50-6
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10022, USA
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 1:50-6
..Unfortunately, there is a scarcity of research in this field; we hope that this article will encourage the motivation for more studies to assess different treatments for anxiety in this population...
Patient choice regarding place of deathH Pearse
Palliat Med 19:171-2
Palliat Med 19:171-2
Dignity-based approaches in the care of terminally ill patientsGenevieve N Thompson
Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Canada
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2:49-53
Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Canada
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2:49-53
..SUMMARY: Despite the fact that little research exists exploring the notion of dignity at the end of life, a robust model of dignity exists and is helpful in directing interventions aimed at improving care at the end of life...
Measuring quality of dying in end-stage renal diseaseLewis M Cohen
Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, West Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Semin Dial 17:376-9
Department of Psychiatry, Baystate Medical Center, West Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Semin Dial 17:376-9
..The results are summarized, and they should hopefully form a basis for the development of additional research and clinical measurement tools...
Dying young: cues from the courtsRhonda Gay Hartman
School of Medicine and Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:615-9
School of Medicine and Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:615-9
Crossing the 'bright line'--difficult decisions at the end of lifeIlora Finlay
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Velindre NHS Trust, Whitchurch, Cardiff
Clin Med 6:398-402
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Velindre NHS Trust, Whitchurch, Cardiff
Clin Med 6:398-402
..Following Gee's esteemed lead--for he was celebrated for his clinical descriptions--I will unashamedly use doctor-patient experiences to illustrate my points, particularly around end-of-life decisions...
[Bioethics and home care]Xavier Busquet Duran
PADES-Manresa (ICS, Comité de Etica Asistencial, Fundación Jordi Col i Gurina, Barcelona, Spain
Aten Primaria 38:523-5
PADES-Manresa (ICS, Comité de Etica Asistencial, Fundación Jordi Col i Gurina, Barcelona, Spain
Aten Primaria 38:523-5
End-of-life issues neglected in IndiaAnil Kumar Rastogi
1275 East Latham Avenue, Hemet, CA 92543, USA
Indian J Med Ethics 2:83-4
1275 East Latham Avenue, Hemet, CA 92543, USA
Indian J Med Ethics 2:83-4
Considerations of healthcare professionals in medical decision-making about treatment for clinical end-stage cancer patientsAnna F van Leeuwen
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Pain Symptom Manage 28:351-5
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Pain Symptom Manage 28:351-5
..When healthcare professionals establish that a decision would be medically appropriate, the patient's wish will often be an important consideration...
[Providing or withholding treatment: the role of the patient's wish and priorities in palliative care]H T Baberg
Abteilung für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Klinikum der Ruhr Universität, Bochum
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 127:1690-4
Abteilung für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Klinikum der Ruhr Universität, Bochum
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 127:1690-4
..As far as palliative and comfort care for terminal patients is concerned, contrary to widely voiced concern, clinicians do not have priorities different from those used in hospice care...
Physicians attitudes toward DNR of terminally ill cancer patients in TaiwanCo Shi Chantal Chao
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University
J Nurs Res 10:161-7
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University
J Nurs Res 10:161-7
..The DNR order finally gained its legal base for medical practice. The limitation of this study was the low response rate. However, since the subjects, physicians, had a busy work load, this was still an acceptable response rate...
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