Cancer, culture, and health disparities: time to chart a new course?
M Kagawa‐Singer, A Valdez Dadia… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Little progress has been made over the last 40 years to eliminate the racial/ethnic
differences in incidence, morbidity, avoidable suffering, and mortality from cancer that result …
differences in incidence, morbidity, avoidable suffering, and mortality from cancer that result …
Provision of spiritual care to patients with advanced cancer: associations with medical care and quality of life near death
TA Balboni, ME Paulk, MJ Balboni… - Journal of Clinical …, 2010 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To determine whether spiritual care from the medical team impacts medical care
received and quality of life (QoL) at the end of life (EoL) and to examine these relationships …
received and quality of life (QoL) at the end of life (EoL) and to examine these relationships …
Hospice use and outcomes in nursing home residents with advanced dementia
DK Kiely, JL Givens, ML Shaffer… - Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To identify characteristics of nursing home (NH) residents with advanced
dementia and their healthcare proxies (HCPs) associated with hospice referral and to …
dementia and their healthcare proxies (HCPs) associated with hospice referral and to …
Racial and ethnic differences in hospice use among patients with heart failure
Background Heart failure is the leading noncancer diagnosis for patients in hospice care
and the leading cause of hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries. Racial and ethnic …
and the leading cause of hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries. Racial and ethnic …
End‐of‐life care for older cancer patients in the Veterans Health Administration versus the private sector
BACKGROUND: Treatment of older cancer patients at the end of life has become
increasingly aggressive, despite the absence of evidence for better outcomes. We compared …
increasingly aggressive, despite the absence of evidence for better outcomes. We compared …
Characteristics of patients who refuse do‐not‐resuscitate orders upon admission to an acute palliative care unit in a comprehensive cancer center
HA Parsons, MJ de la Cruz, DS Zhukovsky, D Hui… - Cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Refusal of appropriately indicated do‐not‐resuscitate (DNR) orders may
cause harm and distress for patients, families, and the medical team. We conducted a …
cause harm and distress for patients, families, and the medical team. We conducted a …
Palliative care and clinical characteristics of end-of-life patient at urology in one hospi
JS Huh, YJ Kim, HJ Kim - The Korean Journal of Urological Oncology, 2010 - new.kjuo.or.kr
Purpose: The end of person's life can be one of the most important times in that life.
Physicians, nurses and volunteer workers are not sufficiently trained, understood to be …
Physicians, nurses and volunteer workers are not sufficiently trained, understood to be …
[PDF][PDF] 일개병원에서의비뇨기계통의말기환자의임상적특징과완화적돌봄
허정식， 김영주， 김현주 - 대한비뇨기종양학회지, 2010 - e-juo.org
Purpose: The end of person's life can be one of the most important times in that life.
Physicians, nurses and volunteer workers are not sufficiently trained, understood to be …
Physicians, nurses and volunteer workers are not sufficiently trained, understood to be …
Shared Presence: Caring for a Dying Spouse
MS McLouth Kanacki PhD, L Sue - 2010 - digital.sandiego.edu
There is limited research on female spouses and their end-of-life experience with their dying
husbands. The purpose of this study was to explore wives' perceptions of hospital and …
husbands. The purpose of this study was to explore wives' perceptions of hospital and …