During 1998 the discharge of as many as possible psychiatric patients from long-term
psychiatric hospitals in the North-West Province, in other words deinstitutionalisation, were …

Home-based support for palliative care families: challenges and recommendations Page 1 MJA
Vol 179 15 September 2003 S35 PALLIATIVE CARE SUPPLEMENT The Medical Journal of …

Aims To develop and psychometrically test the 6S Dialogue Tool. Background The 6S
Dialogue Tool was elaborated to provide knowledge to nurses about patients' preferences in …

Nursing homes are increasingly becoming the place of care and site of death for growing
numbers of frail older people dying of chronic progressive illnesses. Despite this increase …

Aim: Experiences of family members of terminally ill patients with hospital end-of-life care
were explored. The study is part of a larger study that investigated patients' and families' …

Treatment under the traditional medical model has largely ignored the family's knowledge,
expertise and potential therapeutic effects on hospitalized mentally ill people. This paper …

Community palliative care nurses provide a range of services for patients who have complex
needs and their carers in the midst of terminal illness. Patients often prefer to be looked after …

Admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) invariably causes a considerable degree of
distress and anxiety to both patient and family. If we profess to deliver holistic care then it is …

This article reports on the processes of staff members in referring patients to a study that
explored the experience of palliative patients, family members, and health professionals with …

Working in a hospice and being able to focus on individualized, specialized end-of-life care
is a privilege for the hospice staff member. However, it also presents the hospice staff with …