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Physicians' experience and satisfaction with chaplains: a national survey. |
Fitchett G, Rasinski K, Cadge, Curlin FA. |
Physicians' Experiences with Chaplains Background: Physicians play a critical role in directing chaplains toward appropriate patients. Do physicians' practice contexts and views about religion/... |
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The clinical course of advanced dementia. |
Mitchell SL, Teno JM, Kiely DK, et al. |
The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia Background: Patients with advanced dementia have a high but underrecognized mortality risk and may receive suboptimal palliative care.1-3 What symptoms and co... |
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An intervention integrated into daily clinical practice reduces the incidence of delirium during hospitalization in elderly patients. |
Vidán MT, Sánchez E, Alonso M, Montero B, Ortiz J, Serra JA. |
An Intervention to Reduce Delirium During Hospitalization Background: Delirium is associated with higher rates of mortality and morbidity,1functional decline,2 and institutionalization.3,4 Can a nonp... |
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Bruising as a marker of physical elder abuse. |
Wiglesworth A, Austin R, Corona M, Schneider D, Liao S, Gibbs L, Mosqueda L. |
Bruising as a Marker of Elder Abuse Background: Up to 4% of older adults are physically abused annually.1 Physicians rarely report elder abuse, perhaps due to difficulty distinguishing normal o... |
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Disease-specific, versus standard, nutritional support for the treatment of pressure ulcers in institutionalized older adults: a randomized controlled trial. |
Cereda E, Gini A, Pedrolli C, Vanotti A. |
Disease-Specific vs. Standard Nutritional Support for Pressure Ulcers Background:Preliminary evidence indicates that high-protein diets may help heal pressure ulcers.1 Does the addition of disease-sp... |
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