Objective: To evaluate the demographic, social, and religious factors influencing perceptions
towards receiving only palliative care near the end of life among cancer patients in Pakistan …

Tilgangur rannsóknarinnar: Að kanna einkenni og hjúkrunarþarfir sjúklinga í líknarmeðferð
við innlögn í sérhæfða líknarþjónustu og hvort breyting verði á einkennum og þörfum þann …

The management of symptoms related to the gastrointestinal tract is an ongoing challenge in
the care of patients with advanced malignancy. Clinical symptoms are often detrimental to a …

Prognosis of Covid-19 elderly patients to inform discussions of values-based care Page 1
Original DOI: 10.54143/jbmede.v4i1.148 2763-776X Đ 2022 Associaįão Brasileira de Medicina …

Objective: To investigate the prognosis of elderly patients in a large elderly cohort with Covid-
19. We evaluated additional predictors of mortality beyond age in these elderly patients …

Background: Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome that affects around 11% of community
dwelling adults aged 65 and above; these numbers are increasing globally. Older people …

Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in China, and a majority of the
patients are already at an advanced stage at the time of diagnosis. Despite the advances of …

Symptoms are very common in patients with advanced cancer, with weakness, fatigue,
anorexia, pain, and depression reported as the most common and distressing ones. A core …

This PhD thesis investigated symptoms and problems reported by advanced cancer patients
at admittance to palliative care in Denmark and Chile, using data collected from all …

A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating to an individual and his or her family. After the
initial shock, the focus shifts to living with a chronic illness. However, the recurrence of …