Caring for patients during voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking (VSED): experiences of a palliative care team in Germany
Health-care professionals are confronted with patients who wish to end their lives through voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED). During VSED, symptoms such as agitation, thirst or psychological dist... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 21, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Yann-Nicolas Batzler, Manuela Schallenburger, Pia Maletzki, Theresa Tenge, Daniel Schlieper, Jacqueline Schwartz and Martin Neukirchen Tags: Research Source Type: research
The responsibility to quench thirst by providing drinks when a relative is dying spouses ’ experience in specialist palliative home care
Thirst and dry mouth are common symptoms in terminally ill patients. It is known that family members usually request drips for their dying relative. Few studies have focused on thirst in terminally ill patient... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 20, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Maria Friedrichsen, Nana Waldr éus, Micha Milovanovic, Anne Söderlund Schaller, Pier Jaarsma and Tiny Jaarsma Tags: Research Source Type: research
Healthcare practitioners ’ perspectives of providing palliative care to patients from culturally diverse backgrounds: a qualitative systematic review
Palliative care practitioners are increasingly caring for patients and families from diverse cultural backgrounds. There is growing awareness of the influence of culture on many aspects of care in the palliati... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 17, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Colette Burke, Owen Doody and Barbara Lloyd Tags: Research Source Type: research
Symptom and problem clusters in German specialist palliative home care - a factor analysis of non-oncological and oncological patients ’ symptom burden
Specialist palliative home care (SPHC) aims to maintain and improve patients ’ quality of life in the community setting. Symptom burden may differ between oncological and non-oncological patients. However, litt... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 17, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Daniela Gesell, Farina Hodiamont, Julia Wikert, Eva Lehmann-Emele, Claudia Bausewein, Friedemann Nauck and Maximiliane Jansky Tags: Research Source Type: research
Interrater agreement of multi-professional case review as reference standard for specialist palliative care need: a mixed-methods study
A wide variety of screening tools for the need for specialist palliative care (SPC) have been proposed for the use in oncology. However, as there is no established reference standard for SPC need to compare th... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 16, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Evelyn M üller, Michael Josef Müller, Katharina Seibel, Christopher Boehlke, Henning Schäfer, Carsten Klein, Maria Heckel, Steffen T. Simon and Gerhild Becker Tags: Research Source Type: research
How do navigation programs address the needs of those living in the community with advanced, life-limiting Illness? A realist evaluation of programs in Canada
We sought to identify innovative navigation programs across Canadian jurisdictions that target their services to individuals affected by life-limiting illness and their families, and articulate the principal c... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 15, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Robin Urquhart, Cynthia Kendell, Kathryn Pfaff, Kelli Stajduhar, Linda Patrick, Carren Dujela, Sarah Scruton, Faith Fauteux and Grace Warner Tags: Research Source Type: research
Nurses ’ perceptions of the challenges involved in providing of end-of-life care to people with heart failure: a context-based study
High quality end-of-life care is essential. Yet for those experiencing heart failure, the provision of high-quality end- of -life care can be challenging. The aim of this study was to explore Iranian nurses ’ p... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 15, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Mostafa Akbarian-Rokni, Marjan Mardani-Hamooleh, Mohammad Abbasi, Naima Seyedfatemi and Sally Pezaro Tags: Research Source Type: research
Xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review of clinical features and complications
The aim of this project was to review the literature on dry mouth / xerostomia in patients with advanced cancer, with the objectives being to determine its prevalence, clinical features, and complications. (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 11, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Maria Walsh, Norah Fagan and Andrew Davies Tags: Research Source Type: research
Specialist perinatal palliative care: a retrospective review of antenatal referrals to a children ’s palliative care service over 14 years
This study sought to better understand the pattern of antenatal referrals and the role of a specialist paediatric palliative care ... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 10, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Sophie Bertaud, Georgina Brightley, Nicola Crowley, Finella Craig and Dominic Wilkinson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Home care nurses facilitating planned home deaths. A focused ethnography
This study aimed to explore home care nurses ’ facilitation of planned home death to better understand nursing p... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 9, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Anne Kristine S ørstrøm, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen and Ingjerd Gåre Kymre Tags: Research Source Type: research
Exploring the variations in death anxiety among oncology nurses in China: a latent class analysis
Various factors have been found to be associated with high levels of death anxiety experienced by oncology nurses. The aim of this study was to use a person-oriented approach to examine the death anxiety patte... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 9, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Xian Chen, Mengyu Su, Anne Arber, Chengping Qiao, Jinfeng Wu, Cuihua Sun, Dan Wang, Hui Zhou and Zhu Zhu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Eye donation in hospice and hospital palliative care settings: perceptions, practice, and service development needs – findings from a national survey
New routes for supply of eye tissue are needed in the UK to support transplant surgery and medical research. Hospice care (HC) and Hospital-based Palliative care (HPC) services represent potential supply route... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 8, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tracy Long-Sutehall, Anna Zatorska, Michelle Myall, Christina Faull, Adam Hurlow, Sarah Mollart, Clare Rayment, Jill Short, Jane Wale, Emma Winstanley and Mike Bracher Tags: Research Source Type: research
Measurement and documentation of quality indicators for the end-of-life care of hospital patients a nationwide retrospective record review study
Quality of care at the end of life in hospitals is often perceived to be lower compared to the care that is provided to people who die in their own home. Documenting and measuring indicators of common end-of-l... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 8, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: F. M. Bijnsdorp, B. Schouten, A. K. L. Reyners, C. Wagner, A. L. Francke and S. M. van Schoten Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementation of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (palliative version) on an inpatient palliative care unit
The objective of this study was to implement the... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 4, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Shirley H. Bush, Katarzyna Bronicki, Michel Dionne, Natasha Lelievre, Peter G. Lawlor and Monisha Kabir Tags: Research Source Type: research
Caregiver strain among patients of palliative care in Sri Lanka: validation of modified caregiver strain index - Sinhala version
Care givers of Palliated patients are at risk of adverse physical, psychosocial and emotional sequelae in varied nature. Efficient and valid assessment tools facilitate early detection to take corrective measu... (Source: BMC Palliative Care)
Source: BMC Palliative Care - November 4, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: U. Ramadasa, S. Silva, U. Udumulla, S. Perera and S. Lekamwasam Tags: Research Source Type: research
