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Impact of death and dying on the personal lives and practices of palliative and hospice care professionals. |
Sinclair S. |
Impact of Death and Dying on the Palliative Care Professional Background: What impact does exposure to death and dying have on the lives of healthcare professionals in palliative and hospice ... |
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Helping patients simplify and safely use complex prescription regimens. |
Wolf MS, Curtis LM, Waite K, et al. |
Complex Prescription Regimens Background: Patients increasingly manage multiple prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications. Can patients organize regimens into a rational 24-hour schedule? ... |
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Systematic review: the effect on surrogates of making treatment decisions for others. |
Wendler D, Rid A. |
Effect on Surrogates of Making Treatment Decisions for Others Background: Up to 70% of older adults whose care requires treatment decisions1 and 95% of critically ill adults2,3 cannot make treatment ... |
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Randomized clinical trial of telephone-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder and distress symptoms after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. |
DuHamel KN, Mosher CE, Winkel G, et al. |
Telephone-Administered Cognitive Behavorial Intervention for PTSD Background: Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) can entail long-term medical and psychological sequellae including posttra... |
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Standardized phase angle from bioelectrical impedance analysis as prognostic factor for survival in patients with cancer. |
Paiva SI, Borges LR, Halpern-Silveira D, Assunção MC, Barros AJ, Gonzalez MC. |
Predictive Value of Standardized Phase Angle from Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Background: Depending on cancer type, weight loss affects up to 85% of cancer patients1; the associated cachexia is ... |
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Palliative care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a review of current international guidelines and initiatives. |
Bede P, Oliver D, Stodart J, et al. |
Palliative Care in ALS Palliative care has an increasing presence in the care of nonmalignant, life-threatening diseases such as amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Despite consensus that ALS managem... |
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