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Dying is the Most Grown-Up Thing We Ever Do: But Do Health Care Professionals Prevent Us from Taking It Seriously?

Related Articles Dying is the Most Grown-Up Thing We Ever Do: But Do Health Care Professionals Prevent Us from Taking It Seriously? Health Care Anal. 2016 Jun;24(2):105-18 Authors: Iles V Abstract This paper takes a somewhat slant perspective on flourishing and care in the context of suffering, death and dying, arguing that care in this context consists principally of ‘acts of work and courage that enable flourishing’. Starting with the perception that individuals, society and health care professionals have become dulled to death and the process of dying in Western advanced health systems, it suggests that for flourishing to occur,…
Origen: Dying is the Most Grown-Up Thing We Ever Do: But Do Health Care Professionals Prevent Us from Taking It Seriously? – PubMed

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Palliative sedation in advanced cancer patients hospitalized in a specialized palliative care unit.

Related Articles Palliative sedation in advanced cancer patients hospitalized in a specialized palliative care unit. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Sep;26(9):3173-3180 Authors: Parra Palacio S, Giraldo Hoyos CE, Arias Rodríguez C, Mejía Arrieta D, Vargas Gómez JJ, Krikorian A Abstract PURPOSE: To describe the practice of palliative sedation (PS) in patients with advanced cancer in a specialized palliative care (PC) unit in Colombia. METHODS: Descriptive prospective study including all adults with cancer hospitalized under PS in a cancer institute between January and July 2015 in Colombia. Variables examined were diagnosis, physical functioning, symptoms at the start of sedation, medications and dosages…
Origen: Palliative sedation in advanced cancer patients hospitalized in a specialized palliative care unit. – PubMed

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Conservative Management and End-of-Life Care in an Australian Cohort with ESRD.

Related Articles Conservative Management and End-of-Life Care in an Australian Cohort with ESRD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Dec 07;11(12):2195-2203 Authors: Morton RL, Webster AC, McGeechan K, Howard K, Murtagh FE, Gray NA, Kerr PG, Germain MJ, Snelling P Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine the proportion of patients who switched to dialysis after confirmed plans for conservative care and compare survival and end-of-life care among patients choosing conservative care with those initiating RRT. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: A cohort study of 721 patients on incident dialysis, patients receiving transplants, and conservatively managed patients from 66…
Origen: Conservative Management and End-of-Life Care in an Australian Cohort with ESRD. – PubMed

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