Calliope Farsides
Calliope Farsides
When faced with a request for euthanasia, carers should not immediately assume that this has been generated by a failure of care. It is possible to distinguish between those patients who can be helped to want to live again and those who can...
Stavros Petrou,Nikki Campbell
Stavros Petrou
Stabilisation of disease (as well as objective response) is an important outcome in the treatment of cancer. To test the hypothesis that chemotherapy brings positive Quality of Life (QoL) benefits when disease stabilisation is achieved, a u...
Bev Taylor,Nel Glass,Jennifer McFarlane et al.
Bev Taylor et al.
This paper presents some of the qualitative findings from a recent research project, which explored the nature and effects of palliative nursing care for nurses, in New South Wales, Australia. By using story telling as the research methodol...
Pathophysiology and management of dyspnoea in palliative care and the evolving role of the nurse [0.03%]
姑息治疗中呼吸困难的发病机制及处理和护理的新兴角色
Carol Birks
Carol Birks
Dyspnoea is a symptom commonly encountered in palliative care, especially with patients suffering from advanced cancer. An understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms that are understood to be associated with this symptom will enable...
Elizabeth-Anne Gold
Elizabeth-Anne Gold
Despite the growth of the children's hospice movement the public and many health professionals do not appear to understand its true role. It provides relief and terminal care with practical and emotional support for children with life-limit...
Clinical supervision in moderating organisational conflict and preserving effective working relationships [0.03%]
临床监督在调组织冲突和维护有效工作关系中的作用
Alun Jones
Alun Jones
This paper examines the role of clinical supervision in relation to the work of a palliative care nurse, although the issues discussed relate to all nurses whatever specialities. The effects of market forces and organisational culture on th...
Edwin Pugh,Daphne Silcock
Edwin Pugh
This joint audit between nursing and medical staff examines the quality of sleep experienced during the night and the degree to which pain is controlled in a specialist palliative care unit. Patients and nurses independently completed short...
Tessa Watts,Kathleen Jenkins,Ian Back
Tessa Watts
Noisy rattling breathing in dying patients is a symptom control problem which has attracted only a fleeting mention within the literature. This study investigated palliative care nurses' feelings about the problem and the management of nois...
Edward Lindop,Rosie Beach,Sue Read
Edward Lindop
This paper argues that there has been a paradigm shift in recent times in the service needs for palliative care as a result of the UK's National Health Service internal market structure, the shift to community care and the rising needs of t...
Gaye Robertson
Gaye Robertson
New Zealand has a well-developed framework for training and supporting palliative nurses. Palliative nursing in New Zealand was built on the pioneering efforts of nurses working with others in the setting up of hospices and cancer care serv...