Role of percutaneous nephrostomy in advanced cervical carcinoma with obstructive uropathy: a case series [0.03%]
经皮肾造瘘在宫颈癌伴发梗阻性尿路病中的作用:一系列病例的研究
Kamlesh Mishra,Ava Desai,Shilpa Patel et al.
Kamlesh Mishra et al.
Aims and objective: Over 70% of the cases present in advanced stages of the disease and are associated with poor prognosis and high mortality rates. In many of them, it is difficult to offer definitive treatment as they p...
Bert Broeckaert;Flemish Palliative Care Federation
Bert Broeckaert;Flemish Palliative Care Federation
This English translation, made by a professional translator in close cooperation with the author and kindly proofread by Dr. Phil Larkin, follows the original text as closely as possible. However, though we thought it was wise to maintain t...
Rajiv Saini,Pp Marawar,Sujata Shete et al.
Rajiv Saini et al.
World Health Organization defines palliative care as the active total care of patients whose disease is not responding to curative treatment. Palliative care for the terminally ill is based on a multidimensional approach to provide whole-pe...
Vijayakumar Narayanan,Cherian Koshy
Vijayakumar Narayanan
Fatigue is a common symptom of advanced cancer limiting one's activity and affecting the quality of life. It is a multidimensional symptom complex with subjective and objective components. Hence, its definition and assessment seems arbitrar...
Breakthrough cancer pain: review of prevalence, characteristics and management [0.03%]
癌症突破性疼痛:流行病学、临床特征及治疗要点述评
Seema Mishra,Sushma Bhatnagar,Prakash Chaudhary et al.
Seema Mishra et al.
Breakthrough pain has been associated with a reduced likelihood of adequate pain control. Despite the large and variable incidence of this phenomenon due to varied definitions of this type of pain, only a few studies have been conducted to ...
The palliative care movement in India: another freedom struggle or a silent revolution? [0.03%]
印度的姑息护理运动:另一场自由斗争还是一场静默革命?
Cherian Koshy
Cherian Koshy
The message of palliative care in India has become a movement in several parts of India in a short span of time. The past two decades have seen palpable changes in the mindset of health care providers, and policy makers with respect to the ...
Communication with relatives and collusion in palliative care: a cross-cultural perspective [0.03%]
姑息治疗中的亲属交流与共谋:跨文化视角
Santosh K Chaturvedi,Carmen G Loiselle,Prabha S Chandra
Santosh K Chaturvedi
Handling collusion among patients and family members is one of the biggest challenges that palliative care professionals face across cultures. Communication with patients and relatives can be complex particularly in filial cultures where fa...
A new beginning to excel [0.03%]
努力迎接新起点
Sushma Bhatnagar
Sushma Bhatnagar