Related Articles Assessment of the wish to hasten death in patients with advanced disease: A systematic review of measurement instruments. Palliat Med. 2017 Jun;31(6):510-525 Authors: Bellido-Pérez M, Monforte-Royo C, Tomás-Sábado J, Porta-Sales J, Balaguer A Abstract BACKGROUND: Patients with advanced conditions may present a wish to hasten death. Assessing this wish is complex due to the nature of the phenomenon and the difficulty of conceptualising it. AIM: To identify and analyse existing instruments for assessing the wish to hasten death and to rate their reported psychometric properties. DESIGN: Systematic review based on PRISMA guidelines. The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection…
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Related Articles Assessment of the needs for palliative care in advanced chronic patients on discharge. Enferm Clin. 2019 Jan – Feb;29(1):18-26 Authors: de-la-Rica-Escuín M, García-Barrecheguren A, Monche-Palacín AM Abstract OBJECTIVES: To describe the advanced chronic patients admitted to an internal medicine department and to identify whether they meet the criteria for the need for palliative care at the time of hospital discharge according to the NECPAL-CCOMS.ICO® instrument. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study performed on patients admitted to the internal medicine department of the Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa (Saragossa), with a diagnosis of advanced progressive chronic diseases,…
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Related Articles The Collision of Inmate and Patient. J Correct Health Care. 2017 Jan;23(1):66-75 Authors: Chassagne A, Godard A, Cretin E, Pazart L, Aubry R Abstract Every year in France 100 inmates die in prison from illness, but their experiences with end of life (EOL) have not been investigated to date. The purpose of this article is to highlight the realities regarding inmates at the end of life, putting into perspective the viewpoints of the sick prisoners with those of the health and correctional professionals accompanying them. Based on qualitative research, the challenge is to identify potential barriers to palliative…
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Related Articles «If you understand you cope better with it»: the role of education in building palliative care capacity in four First Nations communities in Canada. BMC Public Health. 2019 Jun 17;19(1):768 Authors: Prince H, Nadin S, Crow M, Maki L, Monture L, Smith J, Kelley ML Abstract BACKGROUND: In Canada, there is a growing need to develop community-based, culturally appropriate palliative care for Indigenous people living in First Nations communities. The public health approach to palliative care, which emphasizes community-based initiatives, is especially relevant in First Nations communities because care is grounded in their distinct social and cultural context.…
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Related Articles [Private practice nurse and palliative care in the home]. Rev Infirm. 2017 Nov;66(235):36-38 Authors: Daydé MC Abstract The development of palliative care in the home, requested by patients and recommended in the 2015-2018 national plan, requires the home to be considered as a specific place of care. Private practice nurses have an important role to play with the patient and their relatives, in the assessment of needs, coordination, relational care as well as in providing the care required for maintaining and continuing life, an increasingly technical process. PMID: 29127980 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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