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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"life-threatening illness"”.
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Post-traumatic growth following life-threatening illness
… of 'relating to others' and 'appreciation for life'. Post-MI patients' growth was associated with greater support from family, and was unrelated to distress. Perceived severity of the event had a significant effect on PTG, but objective severity largely did not. Although less overall growth was …
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Living with Life-threatening Illness: An Inquiry into Children's Experience of Cancer
Previous studies concerning children living with illness have been limited by (a) a narrow focus on the child's cognitive development, (b) reliance on sources outside of the child's experience, (c) reliance on methods based on the language and quantitative modes of measuring used by adults rather …
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The Grief Experience of Caregivers When the Child Has a Life Threatening Illness
… a child who has a hematological or oncological illness. The grief experience was evaluated through the lenses of Chronic Sorrow, Ambiguous Loss and Anticipatory Grief. This study was conducted at the Loma Linda University Medical Center Hematology Oncology Pediatric Clinic and was completed by …
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Adapting Filial Therapy for Families who have a Child with a Life-Threatening Illness
… in working with families who have a child with a life-threatening illness in the hospital setting. Data from a total of 7 parents was utilized, including those who terminated early, in order to gain a greater understanding of adapting FT for families who have a child with a life-threatening …
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Narrative Art Therapy for Families That Have a Child With a Life-Threatening Illness
… families who have a child with a catastrophic illness. The treatment modality. Narrative Art Therapy, which has been shown to be effective in managing the psychological effects of medical illness, will address the entire family. As a pilot project six families will be treated over a two month …
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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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Look Beyond and Rejoice : A Spiritual Intervention for Patients with Life-Threatening Illness or Chronic Pain
… The model includes: (a) positive reframing of illness that may change a patient’s perception from a threat to challenge and hope, and (b) daily transcendent visualization and verbalization, through looking beyond adversity and looking to God and God’s promises.</p> <p>This study investigated …
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Symptom Burden at End of Life in Patients with Terminal and Life-Threatening Illness in Intensive Care Units
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the symptom burden and severity of symptom distress reported by ICU patients at high-risk for death and to compare patient-rated symptoms and distress for concordance with symptoms reported by a family member. A prospective, correlational design with two …
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A literature review of the impact of a monitoring coping style on psychological adjustment in people with real or potentially life threatening illness AND An investigation of psychological adjustment and coping style in patients undergoing bone marrow/stem cell transplantation
… in patients confronted with potential or real life threatening illness. Empirical data is systematically reviewed within the theoretical framework of Miller's (1995) Monitoring Process Model. Suggestions are made for future research on order to develop effective interventions for those …
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The art of healing : A journey through cancer : Implications for art therapy
… the healing process of a person suffering from a life threatening illness. The research method used is a clinical case study. This study is a form of evaluative research, a systematic data-based inquiry concerning the participant's engagement with art in her healing process, a process which …
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Surviving Childhood Cancer: The Psychosocial Impact On Parents
… as inevitably fatal but rather as a chronic life-threatening illness. Child cancer patients and their families are now faced with longer phases of treatment and an inability to predict the future. Beyond a general recognition of the potential hardships they must endure, we know very little …
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An Examination of Death Salience: A Component in the Death Anxiety Model
… for patients diagnosed with a potentially life threatening illness, such as cancer. This illness experience forces patients to contemplate their mortality. The present study employed a portion of the Death Anxiety Model to examine the relationships between death salience, beliefs about the …
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Art with Heart's Chill & Spill Journal: A Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Approach to Art Therapy to Reduce Anxiety in Adolescent Siblings of Children with Cancer
… CoC assists children and families coping with life-threatening illness, loss, bereavement, or trauma through support groups, crisis intervention services, and counseling and support services.</p>
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Leukemia and bone marrow transplantation : personal meanings and perceptions of the illness experience
… the personal meanings and perceptions of the illness experience of individuals who had been diagnosed with leukemia, and undergone BMT, and to explore and describe how the individuals' explanatory model of health and illness differs from the professional biomedical model of health care. A …
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A qualitative study of the experience of primary caregivers of patients receiving end of life hospice care
Introduction. A life-threatening illness impacts profoundly not only the patient but also the family. As the spouse or partner is often the primary caregiver for patients with a life-threatening illness it especially affects the couple as a unit, rather than isolated individuals. The Aim of this …
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The individual context, and met and unmet palliative care needs of stage III and IV HIV/AIDS isiXhosa speaking patients in the Grahamstown hospice service
… considered as these influenced the experience of life-threatening illness. The HIV burden in South Africa is complicated by other health care issues, poverty, and the implications of a multi-cultural, multi-racial society which add to the complexities of palliative care service provision. This …
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The Development of a New Model for Assessing African-American Spirituality in Palliative Care
… care and more likely to continue to request life sustaining treatments when near death, conflicts between patients and medical professionals can result.</p> <p>Recognizing patient spirituality and addressing their spiritual needs can help the patient, family or surrogate decision-maker come …
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The effects of practical training methods of different forms and intensities on the acquisition of clinical skills
… effectiveness of a simulation course on managing life threatening illness. This thesis has added to the literature in the field of medical education a review of reviews of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of simulation training in medicine and surgery, and two RCTs evaluating different …
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A prospective cohort study and evaluation of an end-of-life programme intervention in a primary health care setting
… their families, who are facing the end of their life due to a life-threatening illness. The Global burden of disease indicates that 65.5% of all deaths in 2010 were caused by non-communicable diseases. In South Africa, seven of the top ten causes of death in 2007 would benefit from palliative …
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