13 publication(s) trouvée(s)
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The utility of a shortened palliative care screening tool to predict death within 12 months – a prospective observational study in two south African hospitals with a high HIV burden
BACKGROUND: Timely identification of people who are at risk of dying is an important first component of end-of-life care. Clinicians …
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Pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude and involvement in palliative care in selected tertiary hospitals in southwestern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The growing number of people living with life-limiting illness is a global health concern. This study therefore aimed to …
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The financing of stand-alone palliative Care Services in Uganda: analysis of the implications for sustainability
BACKGROUND: Sustainable funding is key for ensuring the quality and coverage of palliative care services. This study examined the sources …
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Development of palliative care attitude and knowledge (PCAK) questionnaire for physicians in Kuwait
BACKGROUND: Over the past five decades, palliative care has changed from helping patients at the end of life into a …
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“Small small interventions, big big roles”- a qualitative study of patient, care-giver and health-care worker experiences of a palliative care programme in Kerala, India
BACKGROUND: Home-based palliative care is an essential resource for many communities. We conducted a qualitative study to explore perceptions of …
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Development and validation of the quality care questionnaire –palliative care (QCQ-PC): patient-reported assessment of quality of palliative care
BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to develop and validate an instrument that could be used by patients with cancer …
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Multidimensional needs of patients living and dying with heart failure in Kenya: a serial interview study
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is an emerging challenge for Sub Saharan Africa. However, research on patients' needs and experiences of care …
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“I always tried to forget about the condition and pretend I was healed”: coping with cervical cancer in rural Ghana
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a very common disease among women in Ghana and in the world as a whole. However, …
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Twenty years of home-based palliative care in Malappuram, Kerala, India: a descriptive study of patients and their care-givers
BACKGROUND: The well lauded community-based palliative care programme of Kerala, India provides medical and social support, through home-based care, for …
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Rehabilitation for cancer patients at Black Lion hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, there were greater than 2000 adult and 200 pediatric cancer patients annually in 2010, but the estimated …
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Socio-cultural contexts of end- of- life conversations and decisions: bereaved family cancer caregivers’ retrospective co-constructions
BACKGROUND: End-of-life communication becomes increasingly difficult in terminal cancer, which inevitably entails conversations around dying and death. In resource-limited areas, …
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The impact of antiretroviral therapy on symptom burden among HIV outpatients with low CD4 count in rural Uganda: nested longitudinal cohort study
BACKGROUND: Individuals with HIV have a high prevalence of physical and psychological symptoms throughout their disease course. Despite the clinical …
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Factors that influence advance directives completion amongst terminally ill patients at a tertiary hospital in Kenya
BACKGROUND: An advance directive (AD) is a written or verbal document that legally stipulates a person's health care preference while …