Related Articles Community Palliative Care in Turkey: A Collaborative Promoter to a New Concept in the Middle East. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Jan-Feb;22(1):81-8 Authors: Hacıkamiloglu E, Utku ES, Cukurova Z, Keskinkilic B, Topcu I, Gultekin M, Silbermann M Abstract The Middle East has been struggling with basic issues of cancer care, and in specific, palliative care, at the primary health care level in the communities. The Middle East Cancer Consortium designated this issue as the highest priority of its activities in the region. Following basic and advanced courses and national and international workshops, local governments recognized the essentiality…
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Related Articles Chemotherapy near the end of life; assessment of the clinical practise in onco-hematological in adult patients. Farm Hosp. 2016 Jan 01;40(1):14-24 Authors: Taberner Bonastre P, Taberner Bonastre MT, Soler Company E, Pérez-Serrano Lainosa MD Abstract OBJECTIVE: ensure a good quality of life in the last phase of onco- hematological patients should be the primary goal, despite this, we have little data at European level and published studies are contradictory. Nevertheless, most of them agree saying that administrating chemotherapy near the end of life impacts negatively in the patients quality of life. The main objective of this study is…
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Related Articles Incorporating Palliative Care Concepts Into Nutrition Practice: Across the Age Spectrum. Nutr Clin Pract. 2016 Jun;31(3):305-15 Authors: Schwartz DB, Olfson K, Goldman B, Barrocas A, Wesley JR Abstract A practice gap exists between published guidelines and recommendations and actual clinical practice with life-sustaining treatments not always being based on the patient’s wishes, including the provision of nutrition support therapies. Closing this gap requires an interdisciplinary approach that can be enhanced by incorporating basic palliative care concepts into nutrition support practice. In the fast-paced process of providing timely and effective medical treatments, communication often suffers and decision making is…
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Related Articles Over-the-wire versus through-the-scope stents for the palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction: A retrospective comparison study. Eur Radiol. 2016 Dec;26(12):4249-4258 Authors: Park JH, Lee JH, Song HY, Choi KD, Ryu MH, Yun SC, Kim JH, Kim DH, Yoo MW, Hwang DW, Tsauo J Abstract OBJECTIVES: To compare the outcomes of over-the-wire (OTW) and through-the-scope (TTS) partially covered stents in patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). METHODS: A retrospective study was performed in 306 patients who had either OTW (n = 125) or TTS (n = 181) stents placed. Outcomes analysed included technical and clinical success, procedure time, complications, re-intervention, stent patency…
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Related Articles End of Life Issues in Cancer Cases: Ethical Aspects. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2016;17 Spec No.:239-43 Authors: Taghavi A, Hashemi-Bahremani M, Hosseini L, Bazmi S Abstract This article investigates ethical challenges cancer patients face in the end stages of life including doctors’ responsibilities, patients’ rights, unexpected desires of patients and their relatives, futile treatments, and communication with patients in end stages of life. These patients are taken care of through palliative rather than curative measures. In many cases, patients in the last days of life ask their physician to terminate their illness via euthanasia which has many…
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