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Abandonment at the end of life from patient, caregiver, nurse, and physician perspectives: loss of continuity and lack of closure. |
Back AL, Young JP, McCown E, et al. |
End-of-life Abandonment: Patient, Caregiver, Nurse, and Physician Perspectives Background: A change in physicians and care teams often accompanies the transition from disease-modifying therapy to pal... |
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Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. |
Jencks SF, Williams MV, Coleman, EA. |
Rehospitalizations Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Patients Background: Currently, Medicare pays for all rehospitalizations except those that occur less than 24 hours after discharge for the same cond... |
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Religious coping and use of intensive life-prolonging care near death in patients with advanced cancer. |
Phelps AC, Maciejewski PK, Nilsson M, et al. |
Religious Coping and Use of Intensive Life-Prolonging Care Near Death Background: Patients frequently rely on their religious faith to adjust to illness. For patients with advanced cancer, is r... |
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Endogenous opioids modify dyspnoea during treadmill exercise in patients with COPD. |
Mahler DA, Murray JA, Waterman LA, et al. |
Endogenous Opioids to Relieve Dyspnea in COPD Patients Background: Opioid drugs are routinely used to alleviate dyspnea. Do endogenous opioids, generated during exercise, also improve dyspnea in pati... |
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Cancer patient assessment and reports of excellence: reliability and validity of advanced cancer patient perceptions of the quality of care. |
Teno JM, Lima JC, Lyons KD. |
Measuring Advanced Cancer Patientsâ?? Perceptions of Quality of Care Background: Standard satisfaction surveys provide little detail on critical patient perceptions of specific components of ca... |
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Bed bugs (cimex lectularius) and clinical consequences of their bites. |
Goddard J, deShazo R. |
Bed bugsâ??Is There Evidence of Bite Consequences? Background: Reports of bed bug infestations have been increasing since 1980 due to increased international travel, immigration and chang... |
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