About 80 per cent of terminal cancer patients require care in a hospital or related institution for some period preceding death. The number of institutional beds required for this purpose is in the ratio of one bed to nine annual cancer deaths. These beds should not be in specialized ...
Support of Home-visit Nurses to Coordinate the Appropriate Social Resources for Middle-aged Terminal Cancer Patients at Home Purpose: The purpose of this study was to clarify and suggest the support of home-visit nurses to coordinate social resources including healthcare, nursing... S Kojima,A ...
Spiritual Care Model for Terminal Cancer Patients doi:10.6224/JN.61.6.93Journal of NursingJu-Fen ChengYa-Ching LinPai-Ho HuangChih-Hsin WeiJia-Ling Sun
近日,以赣州市肿瘤医院(赣州市癌症中心)为第一完成单位,由医院青年人才刘勇作为第一作者撰写的实验性临床研究论文“Application of interdisciplinary collaborative hospice care for terminal geriatric cancer patients : A prospective randomised...
Virtually every physician who cares for cancer patients faces a situation which seldom confronts his colleagues in other disciplines — the patient in whom death is statistically predictable within a relatively short time frame (weeks to months) and in which case nothing can be done to alter this...
to 90% of terminal stage cancer patients are suffering from pain and it is well known that chronic pains give rise to a depressive state.We assessed 15 terminal cancer patients with pain for depression using the Toho University Depression Scale (Self Rating Questionnaire for Depression, SRQ-D)....
Implementation of an end-of-life care pathway for terminal cancer patients in an internal medicine unit L'InfermiereBordin, GabriellaBaldissera, AliceBorsato, MonicaBernardi, CinziaCavallin, ElisabettaLusiani, LuigiSandonà, Lorena
Effectiveness of Routine Visits and Routine Tests in Detecting Isolated Locoregional Recurrences After Treatment for Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer: A ... PURPOSE: To review the effectiveness of routine visits and routine tests in detecting isolated locoregional recurrences in asymptomatic patients after...
Topics discussed include the management of terminal cancer patients, the availability of health-care resources, and the importance of promoting awareness of prognosis and improved communication between doctors and families for facilitating the use of HPC....
Home palliative care for terminal cancer patients: a survey on the final week of life As part of a large multicentre study on palliative care units in Italy, carried out between 1 January and 30 June 1995, we describe the place, circumstance... C Peruselli,PD Giulio,F Toscani,... - ...