Caring for loved ones with dementia is challenging and stressful for family members who
have to provide the home care. The responsibility takes a huge physical, emotional, and …

Background: Patient satisfaction has been accorded increased importance in evaluating the
quality of health care. However, only a few studies have examined factors associated with …

Cancer is a disease associated with aging. As the population ages worldwide, the number of
older adults with cancer is dramatically increasing. In both the geriatric and oncology …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is inversely associated with smoking cigarettes. Despite long-
standing clinical links between PD and essential tremor (ET), there are surprisingly few data …

Eating dysfunction is a well-recognized consequence of orophagic tract cancers, but also
occurs with other cancers. There is a relative absence of data assessing the impact of eating …

Although the term “depression” is often used in the vernacular to refer to a transient and
relatively mild negative mood state (ie, dysphoria), clinical depression is a debilitating and …

Self-criticism is a well researched personality construct that develops during childhood and
later tends to predispose individuals to interpersonal problems, suicide, and other forms of …

RESULTS Mean age±standard deviation was 79.3±7.4 (range 60 to 103), and 75.8% were
women. The mean number of medications taken was 5.6±2.9 per patient. Table 1 presents …

Do-not-resuscitate orders in patients with COPD and depression or other mood disorders —
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