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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"life-limiting illness"”.
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The Experience of Elderly Immigrants of Mexican Origin with Life-Limiting Illness: A Critical Ethnography
… of elderly immigrants of Mexican origin who face life-limiting illness in the U.S. The study, a critical ethnography, was philosophically informed by Jürgen Habermas’s critical social theory and guided by Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model. Thirteen first and second generation immigrants of …
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Exploring the barriers to disclosure of life-threatening illness to children in Blantyre, Malawi
… in the western world that children with life-threatening or life-limiting illness benefit from sharing of information about their illness in an age-appropriate way as this enables children to feel empowered, in some control of their illness and less isolated. Currently in Malawi, as in …
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Improving Palliative Care Consult Volume Through an Educational Initiative with Hospitalists [paper]
… (U.S.) were currently living with a chronic or life-limiting illness. This number is expected to increase to 63 million by 2035 (Morrison & Meier, 2019). Palliative care is a subspecialty of medicine that focuses on physical, emotional, and spiritual care for patients dealing with a chronic or …
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Palliative Care Consultation Trajectories
… team: PCCT) to provide services to veterans with life-limiting illness. PCCTs within the VA are new, so little is known about their efficacy and utilization. The purpose of this study is to examine the timing of PCCT consultations and responses; document and categorize types and rates …
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Palliative Care: Viewpoints from Nurses
… when they are diagnosed with a serious or life-limiting illness. The ultimate goal of palliative care is to promote the best quality of life possible. Palliative care should be implemented across the lifespan and across different health care settings. The purpose of this study was to …
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Couples living in twilight: A Heideggerian hermeneutic study of sexuality and intimacy in lifelimiting illness
… the experiences of people living with a life-limiting illness in relation to sexuality and intimacy. Although the healthcare literature advocates that sexuality is addressed as part of holistic care, there is insufficient research evidence to guide healthcare professionals caring for …
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POLST-Discordant Intensive Care Near the End of Life: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Importance: Patients with chronic life-limiting illness frequently use the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) to document preferences for limiting intensive care. However, the incidence and predictors of POLST-discordant care near the end of life are not known. Objective: To …
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Partners in grief : couples' narratives of the transition from pediatric paliative care into bereavement
… have died after receiving palliative care for a life-limiting illness? Five couples were interviewed who had lost their children ranging in age from 1-14 years of age. This loss occurred between 2 to 9 years previous to this study. The purpose of this narrative research study was to better …
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Living with Dying in the Pediatric ICU: A Nursing Perspective
… who provides palliative care to children with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness and their families. Therefore, a hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry to explore the essence of the experience provided by pediatric ICU nurses to children with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses …
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The phenomenon of bereaved parenting: Parenting surviving children after the death of a child from cancer
… the death of a child due to an extended, life-limiting illness such as cancer. The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis was to explore the lived experience of bereaved parents who parent surviving children after the death of a child from cancer. Seven mothers and four …
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Dialysis nurses discussing advance care planning and death and dying with patients
… after dialysis patients dealing with a chronic life-limiting illness: end stage kidney disease. The nurses often develop close relationships with their patients and become involved in discussions about death and dying with them and their families. These discussions are often awkward and nurses …
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Delirium Rate and Risk Factors in Palliative Care Outpatients and Caregiver Coping Strategies
… Delirium causes suffering and in terminal illness undermines important goals to die at home. Improved knowledge about delirium among palliative outpatients can lead to improved patient outcomes through early identification and treatment in the home. Conversely, a missed diagnosis leads to …
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Supporting parental caregivers of children living with life limiting or life threatening illnesses: A Delphi study
… support for parental caregivers of children with life limiting (LLI) or life threatening illnesses (LTI). The number of parents who have children living with a LLI/LTI is increasing. The impact of these illnesses on parents is significant as they travel alongside their child and experience …