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Hospice Care (Latest Articles)
Latest indexed articles for 'Hospice Care'
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Proposed FDA rules on painkillers in U.S. Rile cancer community.
29 Sep 2009 
rec_pub_19797722-proposed-fda-rules-painkillers-u-s-rile-cancer-community.htm
Unexpected urine drug testing results in a hospice patient on high-dose morphine therapy.
29 Sep 2009
rec_pub_19786586-unexpected-urine-drug-testing-results-hospice-patient-high-dose.htm
Last-resort options for palliative sedation.
13 Sep 2009 
Despite receiving state-of-the-art palliative care, some patients still experience severe suffering toward the end of life. Palliative sedation is a potential way to respond to such suffering, but access is uneven and unpredictable, in part because ...
rec_pub_19755367-last-resort-options-palliative-sedation.htm
The death of Ivan Ilyich and pain relief at the end of life.
10 Sep 2009
rec_pub_19757512-the-death-ivan-ilyich-pain-relief-end-life.htm
Implementing end of life care for patients with renal failure.
30 Aug 2009 Traditional palliative care services have focused on individuals with cancer. The NHS National End of Life Care Programme, launched in December 2003, has been working to address this anomaly and to try to enhance end of life care provision for other ...
rec_pub_19774780-implementing-end-life-care-patients-renal-failure.htm
Medicare program; hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. Final rule.
4 Aug 2009 This final rule will set forth the hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. The final rule adopts a MedPAC recommendation regarding a process for certification and recertification of terminal illness. In addition, this final rule will also revise ...
rec_pub_19691168-medicare-program-hospice-wage-index-fiscal-year-2010-final-rule.htm
Will our baby be alive again? Supporting parents of young children when a baby dies.
30 Jul 2009
rec_pub_19686553-will-baby-alive-supporting-parents-young-children-baby-dies.htm
30 Jul 2009 AIMS: To explore nurses' attitudes towards perinatal bereavement care and to identify factors associated with these attitudes. BACKGROUND: It is likely that the attitude of nursing staff can influence recovery from a pregnancy loss and that nurses ...
rec_pub_19583665-investigating-factors-associated-nurses-attitudes-perinatal.htm
Addressing the need for public reporting of comparative hospice quality: a focus group study.
30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Standardized measures are available to assess hospice quality across multiple domains, but no information on hospice quality is available to the public. A study was conducted in 2006 to explore the public's knowledge, beliefs, and ...
rec_pub_19719078-addressing-need-public-reporting-comparative-hospice-quality-focus.htm
Sexuality and life-threatening illness: implications for social work and palliative care.
30 Jul 2009 Social workers in hospice and palliative care settings have been charged with the responsibility of addressing sexuality with their patients and families. However, little direction has been offered as to how to approach this difficult subject within ...
rec_pub_19728481-sexuality-life-threatening-illness-implications-social-work.htm
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