Terminal Care - Organization & administration
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications.

29 Nov 2009 The influence of religious beliefs and practices at the end of life is underinvestigated. Given nursing's advocacy role and the intimate and personal nature of the dimensions of religiosity and the end of life, exploring the multidimensional ... Read more...

From means to ends: artificial nutrition and hydration.

29 Nov 2009 The withdrawal, withholding, or implementation of life-sustaining treatments such as artificial nutrition and hydration challenge nurses on a daily basis. To meet these challenges, nurses need the composite skills of moral and ethical discernment, ... Read more...

A brief report of research: care activities for deceased patients of intensive care nurses at a private hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

30 Aug 2009 The purpose of this study was to determine nursing care for deceased patients among intensive care unit nurses. This prospective, observational study was conducted in Istanbul, Turkey. The sample consisted of 20 intensive care nurses caring for 39 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Terminal Care - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications. 29 Nov 2009
• From means to ends: artificial nutrition and hydration. 29 Nov 2009
• A brief report of research: care activities for deceased patients of intensive care nurses at a private hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. 30 Aug 2009
• The "big picture": communicating with families about end-of-life care in intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Mentally ill patients dying in social shelters in Indonesia. 20 Aug 2009
• Euthanasia and other end of life decisions and care provided in final three months of life: nationwide retrospective study in Belgium. 28 Jul 2009
• Family experiences of hospital end-of-life care in Switzerland: an interpretive phenomenological study. 29 Jun 2009
• [Care of the dying in the hospital: initial experience with the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) in Germany] 21 Jun 2009
• 'Will you stay with me'? 30 May 2009
• Supporting people who have dementia to die with dignity. 30 May 2009
• Palliative care: a need for a family systems approach. 30 May 2009
• End-of-life issues: difficult decisions and dealing with grief. 30 May 2009
• Pain management in the nursing home. 30 May 2009
• Disparities in long-term healthcare. 30 May 2009
• Hospice in assisted living: promoting good quality care at end of life. 19 May 2009
• [Development of a specialised paediatric palliative home care service] 10 May 2009
• [Quality of life project or object of care, what alternatives for the very old?] 29 Apr 2009
• EfCCNa survey: European intensive care nurses' attitudes and beliefs towards end-of-life care. 29 Apr 2009
• Organizational determinants of hospital end-of-life treatment intensity. 29 Apr 2009
• The beginning of the end (of life care strategy). 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Terminal Care'

Definition: Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness.

Descriptor UI: D013727

Alternative terms: Terminal Care; Care, Terminal;

Related Mesh Headings: Life Support Care; Palliative Care; Hospice Care; Advance Care Planning;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.760.905; N02.421.585.905;

History Note: 68(64)

Technical Notes: med & nurs care for the patient: TERMINALLY ILL refers to the patient; also available is HOSPICE CARE (palliative & supportive care for the patient & family)