Browse Items (240 total)
- Tags: Non-U.S. Gov't
Relationships between symptom relief, quality of life, and satisfaction with hospice care
Tags: 1998, Aged, Australia, Backlog, Cohort Studies, Female, Hannan TJ, Horton SM, Hospice Care/standards, Human, Journal Article, Male, Non-U.S. Gov't, Outcome Assessment (health Care), P.H.S., Pain Measurement, Palliative Medicine, Patient Care, Patient Satisfaction, Prospective Studies, Quality Of Life, Support, Tierney RM, Tierney WM, U.S. Gov't
Do specialist palliative care teams improve outcomes for cancer patients? A systematic literature review
Tags: 1998, Backlog, Developed Countries, Hearn J, Higginson IJ, Human, Journal Article, Neoplasms/therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Palliative Care/economics/organization & administration/utilization, Palliative Medicine, Patient Care Team, Patient Satisfaction, Psychology, Quality Of Life, Social, Support
Implementation and evaluation of a quality improvement process to improve pain management in a hospice setting
Tags: 1998, Administration, Alden C, American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Backlog, Duggleby W, Hospice Care/standards, Human, Journal Article, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nursing Audit, Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)/organization &, Pain/nursing, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Retrospective Studies, Support, Total Quality Management/organization & administration
Identifying potential need for cancer palliation in Nova Scotia
Tags: 1998, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Burge FI, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Comprehensive Health Care/utilization, Cummings I, Dewar RA, Female, Gibbons L, Health Services Needs and Demand/statistics & numerical data, Human, Johnston GM, Journal Article, Levy IG, Male, Middle Age, Neoplasms/mortality/radiotherapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nova Scotia/epidemiology, Odds Ratio, Palliative Care/utilization, Referral And Consultation/statistics & Numerical Data, Retrospective Studies, Support, Survival Analysis
Outcome evaluation in a home palliative care service
Tags: 1997, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Female, Franceschi P, home care services, Human, Journal Article, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Legori T, Male, Mannucci F, Middle Age, Non-U.S. Gov't, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Paci E, Palliative Care, Peruselli C, Prospective Studies, Quality Of Life, Support
The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire: a measure of quality of life appropriate for people with advanced disease. A preliminary study of validity and acceptability
Tags: 1995, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Bui F, Cohen SR, Comparative Study, Female, Human, Journal Article, Karnofsky Performance Status, Male, Middle Age, Mount BM, Neoplasms/psychology/therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Predictive Value of Tests, Quality Of Life, Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Strobel MG, Support
The WHO objectives for palliative care: to what extent are we achieving them?
Tags: 1995, Abraham C, Backlog, Health Priorities, Health Services Research, Holistic Health, Hospices/standards, Human, Johnston G, Journal Article, Non-U.S. Gov't, Organizational Objectives, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Palliative Care/standards, Palliative Medicine, Pastoral Care, Professional-family Relations, Social Support, Support, Terminal Care/methods, World Health Organization
Comparison of morphine and methadone for prevention of postoperative pain in 3- to 7-year-old children
Tags: 1991, algorithms, Analysis of Variance, Backlog, Berde CB, Beyer JE, Bournaki MC, Child, Comparative Study, Double-Blind Method, Drug Evaluation, Female, Human, Intraoperative Care, Journal Article, Journal of Pediatrics, Levin CR, Male, Methadone/adverse effects/pharmacokinetics/therapeutic use, Morphine/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Non-U.S. Gov't, Pain, Pain Measurement, Postoperative/prevention & control, Preschool, Prospective Studies, Sethna NF, Support
Transdermal fentanyl for pain relief in a paediatric palliative care population
Tags: 2001, Administration, Adolescent, Analgesics, Backlog, Child, Cutaneous, Devine T, Female, Fentanyl/administration & dosage, Goldman A, Human, Hunt A, Journal Article, Male, Non-U.S. Gov't, Opioid/administration & dosage, Pain Measurement, Pain/drug Therapy, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Parents, Patient Satisfaction, Phillips M, Preschool, Support, Terminally Ill, Treatment Outcome
Prevalence and morbidity associated with non-malignant, life-threatening conditions in childhood
Tags: 2001, Adolescent, Adult, Backlog, Child, Child Welfare/statistics & numerical data, Child: Care, Health and Development, Chronic Disease/epidemiology/psychology, Cross-sectional Studies, Disabled Children/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Family, Great Britain/epidemiology, Human, Infant, Journal Article, Lenton S, Lewis M, Mastroyannopoulou K, Mental Health, Newborn, Non-U.S. Gov't, Parent-child Relations, Preschool, Prevalence, Stallard P, Support
Effect of severity of disability on survival in north east England cerebral palsy cohort
Tags: 2000, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Backlog, Birth Weight, Cause Of Death, Cerebral Palsy/mortality, Cohort Studies, Colver AF, Disability Evaluation, England/epidemiology, Female, Human, Hutton JL, Infant, Journal Article, Life Expectancy, Life Style, Mackie PC, Male, Newborn, Non-U.S. Gov't, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, Support, Survival Rate
Life expectancy of children in vegetative and minimally conscious states
Tags: 2000, Adolescent, Ashwal S, Backlog, Brain Injuries/mortality, Child, Day SM, Enteral Nutrition/mortality, Female, Gastrostomy/mortality, Human, Journal Article, Life Expectancy, Logistic Models, Male, Multivariate Analysis, Non-U.S. Gov't, Odds Ratio, Pediatric Neurology, Persistent Vegetative State/mortality, Preschool, Risk Factors, Shavelle RM, Strauss DJ, Support, Survival Analysis
Reviewing audit: barriers and facilitating factors for effective clinical audit
Tags: 2000, Alder EM, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Backlog, Bibliographic, Comparative Study, Crombie IK, Databases, Davies HT, Evaluation Studies, Family Practice, General, Great Britain, Hospital, Hospitals, Interprofessional Relations, Job Satisfaction, Johnston G, Journal Article, Leadership, Medical Audit/standards, Medical Records/standards, Medical Staff, Medline, Millard A, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nursing Audit, Partnership Practice, Patient Satisfaction, Physician-patient Relations, Physician's Role, Primary Health Care, Quality In Health Care, Quality Of Health Care, Retrospective Studies, Support
Extent and determinants of error in doctors' prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study
Population pharmacokinetics of oral morphine and its glucuronides in children receiving morphine as immediate-release liquid or sustained-release tablets for cancer pain
Tags: 1999, Adolescent, Age Factors, Analgesics, Backlog, Case-Control Studies, Child, Comparative Study, Delayed-Action Preparations, Dick G, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Goldman A, Human, Hunt A, Infant, Joel S, Journal Article, Journal of Pediatrics, Linear Models, Morphine Derivatives/administration & dosage/blood/pharmacokinetics, Morphine/administration & dosage/blood/pharmacokinetics, Neoplasms/complications, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nonparametric, Opioid/administration & dosage/blood/pharmacokinetics, Pain/drug therapy/etiology, Preschool, Statistics, Support
Audit of deaths in general practice: pilot study of the critical incident technique
Tags: 1992, Backlog, Berlin A, Bhopal RS, Cause Of Death, Data Collection, England, Family Practice/standards, Health Services Research/methods, Human, Journal Article, Medical Audit/methods, Non-U.S. Gov't, Pilot Projects, Primary Health Care/standards, Quality In Health Care, Spencer JA, Support, Urban Population, van Zwanenberg TD
Symptoms and Suffering at the End of Life in Children with Cancer
Tags: 2000, Anorexia/etiology/therapy, Backlog, Boston, Child, Children's Hospital (Boston), Clodronate, Constipation/etiology/therapy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston), Death and Euthanasia, Diarrhea/etiology/therapy, Dyspnea/etiology/therapy, Ellenbogen JM, Emanuel EJ, Empirical Approach, Fatigue/etiology/therapy, Grier Holcombe E, Health Care Surveys, home care services, Humans, Journal Article, Klar Neil, Levin SB, Logistic Models, Longitudinal Studies, Neoplasms/complications/therapy, New England Journal Of Medicine, Non-U.S. Gov't, Oncology at EOL, P.H.S., Pain/etiology/therapy, Palliative Care/standards/statistics & Numerical Data, Parents, Physicians, Professional Patient Relationship, Psychological, Quality Of Health Care, Quality Of Life, Questionnaires, Research Support, Salem-Schatz S, Stress, Terminal Care, U.S. Gov't, Weeks Jane C, Withholding Treatment, Wolfe J
Responding to intractable terminal suffering: the role of terminal sedation and voluntary refusal of food and fluids.
Tags: 2000, Aged, Annals Of Internal Medicine, Assisted, Backlog, Byock IR, Consensus, Death and Euthanasia, Double Effect, Ethics, Fluid Therapy, Food, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives/administration & dosage, Intention, Journal Article, Male, Morals, Non-U.S. Gov't, Palliative Care/legislation & jurisprudence/methods, Panel ACP-ASIMEnd-of-Life Care Consensus, Patient Care Team, Professional Patient Relationship, Psychological, Quill TE, Research Support, Stress, Suicide, Treatment Refusal, United States
Measured enthusiasm: does the method of reporting trial results alter perceptions of therapeutic effectiveness?
Tags: 1992, Adult, Annals Of Internal Medicine, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Backlog, Chen E, Clinical Trials, Data Interpretation, Gemfibrozil/therapeutic use, Hospitals, Humans, Hyperlipidemia/complications/drug therapy/mortality, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction/etiology/mortality/prevention & control, Naylor CD, Non-U.S. Gov't, Ontario, Outcome Assessment (health Care), Questionnaires, Research Support, Risk, statistical, Strauss B, Teaching, Treatment Outcome
Children with cancer talk about their own death with their families
Tags: 1993, Attitude Of Health Personnel, Attitude To Death, Backlog, Child, Child Psychology, Christie D, Communication, Family Health, Female, Goldman A, Humans, Journal Article, Male, Neoplasms/psychology, Non-U.S. Gov't, Parent-child Relations, Patient Care Team, Pediatric Hematology And Oncology, Preschool, Questionnaires, Research Support, Self Disclosure, Sibling Relations, Truth Disclosure
Massage therapy is associated with enhancement of the immune system's cytotoxic capacity
Tags: 1996, Adult, Affect, Backlog, Burman I, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Cytotoxicity, Disease Progression, Field T, Fletcher MA, Goncalves A, Hashimoto M, HIV Infections/immunology/psychology/therapy, HIV Seronegativity/immunology, HIV Seropositivity/immunology/psychology/therapy, Hormones/blood/urine, Humans, Hydrocortisone/blood, Immunologic/immunology, Ironson G, Journal Article, Killer Cells, Kumar A, Kumar M, Male, Massage, Natural/immunology, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patarca R, Price A, Research Support, Scafidi F, Tetenman C, The International Journal Of Neuroscience
Metabolic alterations in dogs with osteosarcoma
Tags: 2001, American Journal Of Veterinary Research, Animals, Backlog, Bone Neoplasms/metabolism/veterinary, Calorimetry, Densitometry, Dog Diseases/metabolism, Dogs, Energy Metabolism/physiology, Female, Fettman MJ, Glucose/analysis/metabolism, Glycine/blood/metabolism/urine, Hackett TB, Indirect/veterinary, Journal Article, Male, Mazzaferro EM, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nutritional Failure, Ogilvie GK, Osteosarcoma/metabolism/veterinary, Research Support, Stein TP, Turner AS, Walton J, Wingfield WE, X-Ray/veterinary
Levomepromazine for nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer
Tags: 1999, Backlog, Dopamine Antagonists/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Hospital Medicine, Humans, Journal Article, Methotrimeprazine/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Nausea/drug therapy/etiology, Neoplasms/complications, Non-U.S. Gov't, Palliative Care, Research Support, Skinner A, Skinner J, Vomiting/drug therapy/etiology
Levomepromazine (methotrimeprazine) and the last 48 hours
Tags: 1999, Antipsychotic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Backlog, Fountain A, Hospital Medicine, Humans, Journal Article, Methotrimeprazine/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Non-U.S. Gov't, O'Neill J, Psychomotor Agitation/therapy, Psychotic Disorders/drug therapy, Research Support, Terminal Care, Terminally Ill/psychology
Practice parameter: screening and diagnosis of autism: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society
Tags: 2000, Accardo PJ, Ashwal S, Asperger Syndrome/diagnosis, Autistic Disorder/diagnosis/genetics, Backlog, Baranek GT, Child, Childhood/diagnosis, Cook EH, Dawson G, Developmental Disabilities/diagnosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Disease Management, Electrophysiology, Filipek PA, Gordon B, Gravel JS, Humans, Infant, Johnson CP, Journal Article, Kallen RJ, Lead Poisoning, Levy SE, Mass Screening/methods/standards, Minshew NJ, Nervous System, Neurology, Neuropsychological Tests, Non-U.S. Gov't, Ozonoff S, P.H.S., Predictive Value of Tests, Preschool, Prizant BM, Rapin I, Research Support, Risk Assessment, Rogers SJ, Stone WL, Teplin SW, Tuchman RF, U.S. Gov't, Volkmar FR
Switching from morphine to methadone to improve analgesia and tolerability in cancer patients: a prospective study
Tags: 2001, Administration, Analgesics, Backlog, Boffi R, Casuccio A, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Fulfaro F, Gebbia V, Groff L, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Male, Mercadante S, Methadone/administration & dosage/pharmacology, Middle Aged, Morphine/adverse effects/pharmacology, Neoplasms/complications, Non-U.S. Gov't, Opioid/administration & dosage/adverse effects/pharmacology, Oral, Pain/drug Therapy, Prospective Studies, Research Support, Ripamonti C, Villari P
Switching from morphine to oral methadone in treating cancer pain: what is the equianalgesic dose ratio?
Tags: 1998, Administration, Aged, Analgesia, Analgesics, Backlog, Brunelli C, Cross-sectional Studies, De Conno F, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Groff L, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Male, Methadone/administration & Dosage, Middle Aged, Morphine/administration & dosage, Neoplasms/complications, Non-U.S. Gov't, Opioid/administration & dosage, Oral, Pain/drug Therapy, Polastri D, Prospective Studies, Research Support, Ripamonti C, Stavrakis A, Therapeutic Equivalency, Time Factors
Breast cancer patients' attitudes about rationing postlumpectomy radiation therapy: applicability of trade-off methods to policy-making
Tags: 1997, 80 And Over, Adult, Aged, Attitude, Backlog, Breast Neoplasms/psychology/radiotherapy/surgery, Canada, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Health Care Rationing, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Llewellyn-Thomas HA, Mackenzie RG, Mastectomy, Middle Aged, Naylor CD, Non-U.S. Gov't, Palda VA, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Patient Satisfaction, Policy Making, Pritchard KI, Research Support, Risk Factors, Segmental, Time Factors, Waiting Lists
Trading treatment toxicity for survival in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Tags: 1997, Aged, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects, Backlog, Brundage MD, Carcinoma, Combined Modality Therapy/psychology, Davidson JR, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Oncology, Lung Neoplasms/mortality/pathology/psychology/therapy, Mackillop WJ, Male, Middle Aged, Non-Small-Cell Lung/mortality/pathology/psychology/therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient Satisfaction, Prostatic Neoplasms/mortality/pathology/psychology/therapy, Radiotherapy Dosage, Radiotherapy/adverse effects, Research Support
A multicentre international study of sedation for uncontrolled symptoms in terminally ill patients
Tags: 2000, Aged, Analgesics, Anti-Anxiety Agents/therapeutic use, Backlog, Bengtson K, Bercovici M, Combination, Consciousness/drug Effects, Delirium/drug therapy, deMoissac D, Drug Therapy, Dyspnea/drug therapy, Fainsinger RL, Female, Hosking M, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives/therapeutic use, Journal Article, Landman W, Male, Midazolam/therapeutic use, Middle Aged, Nausea/drug therapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nunez-Olarte JM, Opioid/therapeutic use, Pain/drug Therapy, Palliative Medicine, Research Support, Terminal Care/methods, Treatment Outcome, Waller A
Empowerment through photo novella: portraits of participation
Tags: 1994, Adult, Asia, Backlog, Burris MA, Child, China, Communication, Community Participation, Comparative Study, Cross-cultural Comparison, Demographic Factors, Developing Countries, Eastern Asia, Economic Factors, Female, Films, Health Education, Health Education Quarterly, Health Policy/trends, Health Services Needs and Demand/trends, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Life Style, Male, Mass Media, Non-U.S. Gov't, Organization And Administration, Photography, Population, Population Characteristics, Power (psychology), Preschool, Research Support, Rural Health/trends, Rural Population--women, Socioeconomic Factors, Summary Report, Wang C, Women's Health Services/trends, Women's Status
Not ready for hospice: characteristics of patients in a pre-hospice program
Tags: 2001, 80 And Over, Adaptation, Age Factors, Aged, Backlog, Comparative Study, Decision Making, Denial (Psychology), Female, Hayley DC, Health/statistics & numerical data, Hospice Care/organization & administration/psychology, Hougham G, Humans, Illinois, Insurance, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Muir JC, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Patient Selection, Patient Transfer/statistics & numerical data, Psychological, Research Support, Retrospective Studies, Sachs G, Social Support, Stocking C, The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care
A theory of healing in the aftermath of youth suicide. Implications for holistic nursing practice
Tags: 2001, Adaptation, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Backlog, Child, Davies B, Family/psychology, Female, Holistic Health, Holistic Nursing, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Holistic Nursing, Kalischuk RG, Life Change Events, Love, Male, Mental Healing, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Psychological, Questionnaires, Research Support, Suicide
Sources of stress for family caregivers of institutionalized dementia patients
Tags: 1991, Alzheimer Disease/psychology, Backlog, Caregivers/psychology, Female, Health Facility Environment, Home Nursing/psychology, Humans, Institutionalization, Interpersonal Relations, Journal Article, Journal Of Applied Gerontology, Kinney JM, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nursing Homes, Ogrocki PK, Ohio, Professional-family Relations, Psychological/etiology, Research Support, Stephens MA, Stress
Using a treatment-tradeoff method to elicit preferences for the treatment of locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Tags: 1998, Adjuvant, Aged, Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Brundage MD, Carcinoma, Chemotherapy, Choice Behavior, Comparative Study, Davidson JR, Decision Support Techniques, Feasibility Studies, Feldman-Stewart D, Female, Groome P, Humans, Journal Article, Lung Neoplasms/psychology/radiotherapy, Mackillop WJ, Male, Medical Decision Making, Non-Small-Cell Lung/psychology/radiotherapy, Non-U.S. Gov't, Prostatic Neoplasms/psychology/radiotherapy, Questionnaires/standards, Radiotherapy/adverse effects/methods, Reproducibility of Results, Research Support, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome
Assessing preferences about the DNR order: does it depend on how you ask?
Tags: 1995, Attitude To Health, Backlog, Choice Behavior, Effect Modifiers (Epidemiology), Female, Humans, Journal Article, Llewellyn-Thomas HA, Male, Medical Decision Making, Non-U.S. Gov't, Nursing/psychology, Percy ME, Probability, Quality-Adjusted Life Years, Questionnaires/standards, Reproducibility of Results, Research Design, Research Support, Resuscitation Orders, Resuscitation/adverse effects, Students, Treatment Outcome
Communicating the benefits of chronic preventive therapy: does the format of efficacy data determine patients' acceptance of treatment?
Tags: 1995, Adult, Aged, Antilipemic Agents/therapeutic use, Backlog, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Hux JE, Hyperlipidemia/complications/drug therapy/psychology, Informed Consent, Journal Article, Male, Medical Decision Making, Middle Aged, Naylor CD, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Patient Education, Primary Prevention, Questionnaires, Research Support, statistical, Treatment Outcome
Test-retest reliabilities of two treatment-preference instruments in measuring utilities
Tags: 1993, Adult, Aged, Backlog, de Haes HJ, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Journal Article, Kiebert GM, Kievit J, Leer JW, Life Expectancy, Male, Medical Decision Making, Middle Aged, Neoplasms/radiotherapy/surgery, Non-U.S. Gov't, Patients/psychology, Quality Of Life, Research Support, Stiggelbout AM
Bisphosphonates: from grandparents to grandchildren
Tags: 1999, Administration, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Alon US, Backlog, Bone Diseases/drug therapy, Child, Clinical Pediatrics, Clodronate, Diphosphonates/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Hypercalcemia/drug therapy, Journal Article, Male, Middle Aged, Non-U.S. Gov't, Oral, Osteogenesis Imperfecta/drug therapy, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/drug therapy, Preschool, Research Support, Srivastava T