Hastening death is seen as an unintended consequence of appropriate care. A large majority of physicians and nurses agreed with patient management and were satisfied with the care provided. Care of the dying patient after the forgoing of life-sustaining treatment remains underanalyzed and needs more...
- 《Vital & Health Statistics》 被引量: 470发表: 2009年 Factors influencing models of end-of-life care in nursing homes: results of a survey of nursing home administrators. Rice KN, Coleman EA, Fish R, Levy C, Kutner JS: Factors influencing models of end-of-life care in nursing homes...
THE END-OF-LIFE movement is gaining momentum thanks to major grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Two of those grants are supporting projects aimed at educating physicians and the public about methods to improve the care of dying patients. In March, the foundation announced a $1.5-mi...
Given this, we were interested in how veterans' military experiences impact their end-of-life experiences and attitudes. Our exploratory study addressed the knowledge and perceptions of hospice and pain management at the end of life. The quantitative aspect was a survey using descriptive statistics ...
Atlanta is one of the largest, most diverse metropolitan areas in the US.Metro Atlanta Chamber2020 statistics show the racial breakdown of its 6+ million residents as 46% White, 33% Black or African, 12% Hispanic, 7.7% two or more races, and ...
Providing end of life care to terminally-ill adolescentsNursing Providing end of life care to terminally-ill adolescents NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Denise Robinson Van HornNaomi ROver 3,000 adolescents die each year from chronic illnesses. Nurses play an important role in providing end-of-life ...
Objectives This paper examines end-of-life care communication and decision-making in mainland China by exploring their connection with filial piety and the concealment of medical information from patients by their families. Methods A textual analysis was
Restrictions placed by the New York City branch of the state vital statistics made inclusion untenable. The study design and informed consent procedures were reviewed by institutional review boards at Brown University, the University of Massachusetts, and within each participating state. With this ...
Over the last five years, roughly 60% of all deaths in Canada occurred in hospitals—showing a small but consistent decrease each year (Statistics Canada, 2018). Scholars from various disciplines (e.g. medical geography, sociology, and design studies) have long been sceptical of hospitals as ...
This cohort study uses data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database to compare markers of aggressive end-of-life care between older