Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent condition worldwide
and is associated with significant mortality. This paper gives an overview of the relevant …

In Palliative Care, the unit of care is the patient and their family. Although members of the
health care team often address the family caregiver's opinions and concerns, the focus of …

We used exploratory factor analysis within the confirmatory analysis framework, and data
provided by family members and friends of 205 decedents in Missoula, Montana, to …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review is to construct a detailed account of the role of the
district nurse (generalist registered nurse providing nursing care in primarily home settings) …

The Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS) and the Support Team Assessment Schedule
(STAS) are outcome measures assessing quality of care in palliative care patients. This …

CONTEXT: Proxy ratings, if valid, may provide an alternative approach to evaluating patient
quality of life (QoL) at the end of life. OBJECTIVES: To examine agreement between …

Objective: To explore nurses' and physicians' end-of-life (EOL) experiences in the newborn
intensive care unit. Study Design: A hermeneutic phenomenology of health-care providers' …

Context Pancreatic cancer presents a wide spectrum of significant symptomatology. The
high symptom burden, coupled with a rapidly fatal diagnosis, limits preparation or time for …

Abstract Context Most deaths in Western countries occur in hospital, but little is known about
factors determining the quality of dying (QOD). Objectives The aim was to assess the QOD in …

Introduction COPD is a major cause of mortality, and the unpredictable trajectory of the
disease can bring challenges to end-of-life care. We aimed to investigate known prognostic …