A model for successful research partnerships: a New Brunswick experience [0.03%]
成功的科研合作模式——新不伦瑞克省的经验
Karen Tamlyn,Helen Creelman,Garfield Fisher
Karen Tamlyn
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of a partnership model used to conduct a research study entitled "Needs of patients with cancer and their family members in New Brunswick Health Region 3 (NBHR3)" (Tamlyn-Leaman, Creelman,...
Priscilla M Koop,Vicki Strang
Priscilla M Koop
We have outlined some of the reasons why retrospective research is generally considered inferior to prospective research and have explained some of the rationale for this view. Despite the problems, there are ethical and practical reasons f...
Patricia McKay,Dale Rajacich,Janet Rosenbaum
Patricia McKay
Palliative care is aimed at alleviating the suffering of patients with terminal illnesses. As more patients make the decision to die at home, community palliative care has become an alternative to hospitalization. The literature was examine...
Oncology nurses' experiences regarding patients' use of complementary and alternative therapies [0.03%]
肿瘤科护士关于病人使用补充和替代疗法的体验
Margaret Fitch,M Pavlin,N Gabel et al.
Margaret Fitch et al.
In their search for information and in making decisions about complementary and alternative therapies, patients will turn to oncology nurses. How oncology nurses respond to the patient's questions or comments can have an impact on the decis...
Priscilla M Koop
Priscilla M Koop
While the premises of EBP seem highly appropriate on the surface, disquieting questions are raised when one examines the implications for the practising oncology nurse of attempting to implement EBP. There are clinical situations for which ...
The use of unconventional therapies among cancer patients: implications for nursing practice [0.03%]
癌症患者的非常规治疗使用情况及其对护理实践的影响
Patricia C Ugoalah
Patricia C Ugoalah
This essay received an honourable mention in the 2001 Canadian Cancer Society's essay contest for oncology or cancer control (nursing program). The complexity of human experience in relation to illness requires that nurses and physicians be...
Nutritional support of the patient receiving high-dose therapy with hematopoietic stem cell support [0.03%]
造血干细胞移植患者的营养支持治疗
Sheryl McDiarmid
Sheryl McDiarmid
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an intensive therapy that is being used increasingly in an attempt to cure certain malignancies. One of the major adverse effects of this treatment is an inadequate oral intake that may resu...