Background The balance between hope-hopelessness plays an important role in the way
terminally ill patients report quality of life, and personal resilience may be related to hope at …

Objective. To describe the last year of life of people with dementia, their symptoms, care
needs, use of and satisfaction with health services and the bereavement state of the …

In recent years, medical and allied health publications have begun to address various topics
on spirituality. Scholars have posited numerous definitions of spirituality and wrestled with …

Life-threatening illness is an assault on the whole person—physical, psychological, social,
and spiritual. It frequently presents caregiver and sufferer with a paradox—suffering does not …

A superparamagnetic molecularly imprinted biopolymer (SMIBP) was utilized as an eco-
friendly and worth welting bio-sorbent and subsequently was applied for selective dispersive …

Introduction. There are 1.7 million deaths from cancer in Europe each year and by 2020 the
World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that, globally, more than 15 million people will …

Introduction The 2011 IOM report stated that pain management in children is often lacking
especially during routine medical procedures. The purpose of this review is to bring a …

A book for nurses, doctors, and all who provide end-of-life care, this volume guides readers
through the ethical complexities of such care, including policy initiatives, and encourages …

Aim. This paper reports a study of the perceptions of patients and nurses of palliative care
and, in particular, the concept of the expert palliative nurse. Background. Palliative care is a …

Abstract Non‐thermal, intermediate frequency (100–500 kHz) electrotherapies present a
unique therapeutic strategy to treat malignant neoplasms. Here, pulsed electric fields (PEFs) …