Related Articles Healthcare professionals’ views of palliative care for American war veterans with non-malignant respiratory disease living in a rural area: a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care. 2019 Feb 27;18(1):22 Authors: Mc Veigh C, Reid J, Carvalho P Abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic lung diseases, such as COPD, are a growing health concern within the veteran population. Palliative care programs have mainly focused on the needs of people with malignant disease in the past, however the majority of those worldwide needing palliative care have a non-malignant diagnosis. Additionally, palliative care provision can often be fragmented and varied dependent upon a patient’s geographical…
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Related Articles Adapting Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for the palliative care setting: Results of a pilot study. Palliat Med. 2017 Feb;31(2):140-146 Authors: Rosenfeld B, Saracino R, Tobias K, Masterson M, Pessin H, Applebaum A, Brescia R, Breitbart W Abstract AIMS: To establish preliminary evidence for the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of an abbreviated version of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy tailored to the needs of palliative care patients in the final weeks or months of life. BACKGROUND: Surprisingly, few mental health interventions have specifically targeted the psychological needs of palliative care patients, when physical comfort seems to take precedence over mental health and emotional needs.…
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Related Articles Supportive palliative care should be integrated into routine care for paediatric patients with life-limiting kidney disease. Acta Paediatr. 2018 Mar;107(3):403-407 Authors: Thumfart J, Reindl T, Rheinlaender C, Müller D Abstract Paediatric palliative care is no longer restricted to patients with cancer and has been extended to patients with other chronic conditions, such as cystic fibrosis or neuromuscular disorders. This review focused on the current state of palliative care for children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We assessed the literature on CKD published up to August 2017. All the papers, except one from 1996, were published this…
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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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