Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Provision of spiritual care to patients with advanced cancer: Associations with medical care and quality of life near death
Spiritual care
Spiritual needs -> use of hospice & life sustaining treatments at last week of life
Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer
Looking beyond where children die: Determinants and effects of planning a childs location of death.
Trying to be a good parent as defined by interviews with parents who made phase I, terminal care, and resuscitation decisions for their children
Good parent
Doing right things for my child Being there for my child Conveying love Being an advocate Being good life example
Nursing home patients with advanced dementia have high morbidity, mortality, and symptom burden. Proxy knowledge and understanding of the clinical course of dementia is associated with decreased interventions near the end of life.
Atropine, hyoscine butylbromide, or scopolamine are equally effective for the treatment of death rattle in terminal care
Death rattle
>Sign of impending death
Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians
Mindfulness > A quality of awareness that includes the ability to pay attention in a particular way: on purpose and in the present moment dec. Burnout Inc. Empathy for patients Improved mood Inc. Emotional stability