What terminally ill patients value in the support provided by GPs, district and Macmillan nurses [0.03%]
晚期病人对全科医师、区护士及英国麦克米伦癌症援助机构护士支持的重视程度
Gunn E Grande,Chris J Todd,Stephen Ig Barclay et al.
Gunn E Grande et al.
The aim of this project was to investigate how patients view the care and support provided by their doctors and nurses. Forty-three patients with a life expectancy of 1 year or less who were being looked after in their own homes were asked ...
Debbie Spencer,Lorraine Page
Debbie Spencer
A study/lecture tour of India was undertaken by the authors during October and November 1995. The purpose of the visit was to provide a programme of education in palliative care and to gain a deeper understanding of the care of dying people...
Patient compliance with medication regimen after discharge from palliative care [0.03%]
姑息治疗出院后的患者用药依从性研究
Denise Kingsnorth,Susie Wilkinson
Denise Kingsnorth
Patient compliance with prescribed medication has been well researched and there is a consensus in the literature that noncompliance exists on a large scale. In the studies reviewed the level of non-compliance ranged from 38.5% to 60%, but ...
Libby White
Libby White
Although palliative care has been practised since ancient times, its development as a recognized discipline within health care began some 30 years ago. The resulting benefits to patients, including enhanced relief of distressing symptoms an...
Taleb Durgahee
Taleb Durgahee
Facilitation is a fairly common technique for helping palliative care patients in the clinical setting. Reflective practice provides an opportunity for practitioners to think out the concepts in use while facilitating care. This study repor...
Pauline Turner
Pauline Turner
This article presents the results of a pilot study evaluating direct access by GPs to specialist community palliative nursing support without an intermediary visit from a medical consultant. GPs wishing to refer terminally ill patients to t...
Teenagers and loss [0.03%]
青少年与失去
Margaret Evans
Margaret Evans
The teenage years are a difficult phase of life when many physical and emotional changes occur. Although the needs of this age group differ from those of children and adults, professionals in the hospital setting have been slow to recognize...
Margaret L Goodman
Margaret L Goodman
In the current debate about the legalization of euthanasia the' distinction between giving care and bringing about death is blurred. Alongside this there is an apparent increased commitment to the further development of palliative care. Dif...
Alyson Williams
Alyson Williams
Night - bat black, brooding, all encompassing darkness, blanketing the colours of the day; the outlines blur and shapes become fluid.
Jeanette Webber
Jeanette Webber
Recently, three issues have been covered in the UK nursing press which have highlighted some of the conflicting perspectives confronting nurses today. The first has arisen out of work established in 1995 when an Expert Advisory Group was se...