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Disability Perspectives on Health Care Planning and Decision-Making
Journal of Palliative Medicine , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/28/2010 at 09:43 AM --
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Shared Care in Basic Level Palliative Home Care: Organizational and Interpersonal Challenges
Journal of Palliative Medicine , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/28/2010 at 09:40 AM --
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Interventions for treating oral candidiasis for patients with cancer receiving treatment
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010;7:CD001972 (Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles)...
POSTED 08/23/2010 at 12:06 AM --
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Drug therapy for the management of cancer-related fatigue
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010;7:CD006704 (Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles)...
POSTED 08/22/2010 at 06:52 PM --
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Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Long-Acting Methylphenidate for Cancer-Related Fatigue: North Central Cancer Treatment Group NCCTG-N05C7 Trial
J Clin Oncol 2010;28(3):3673-9 (Source: Palliative Care JournalClub - Selected Articles)...
POSTED 08/22/2010 at 05:52 PM --
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Beyond depression: yearning for the loss of a loved one.
Authors: Stroebe W, Abakoumkin G, Stroebe M
Studies assessing the impact of relationship quality and social support on marital bereavement have typically focussed on depressive symptoms as the major (and often only) bereavement outcome. Although sadness and depression are important symptoms of grieving, they are neither the only nor necessarily the most important ones. We argue that in addition to measures of depression, grief measures need to be used in assessing bereavement outcome. However, grief measures do not only assess reactions that are specific to bereavement such as yearning, but also general responses that grief shares with other critical life events (e.g., anxiety, shock, anger, intrusive thoughts, and despair). We would expect marital quality to only affect yearning for t......
POSTED 08/20/2010 at 12:54 AM --
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An examination of stage theory of grief among individuals bereaved by natural and violent causes: a meaning-oriented contribution.
Authors: Holland JM, Neimeyer RA
Despite its popularity, few attempts have been made to empirically test the stage theory of grief. The most prominent of these attempts was conducted by Maciejewski, Zhang, Block, and Prigerson (2007), who found that different states of grieving may peak in a sequence that is consistent with stage theory. The present study aimed to provide a conceptual replication and extension of these findings by examining the association between time since loss and five grief Indicators (focusing on disbelief, anger, yearning, depression, and acceptance), among an ethnically diverse sample of young adults who had been bereaved by natural (n=441) and violent (n=173) causes. We also examined the potential salience of meaning-making and assessed the extent to which part......
POSTED 08/20/2010 at 12:54 AM --
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African-American teen girls grieve the loss of friends to homicide: meaning making and resilience.
Authors: Johnson CM
Few studies have examined the bereavement experiences of African-American teen girls who have mourned the loss of friends due to homicide. This qualitative study examined such bereavement experiences with a sample of 20 African-American teen girls, ages 16-19, living in a large northeastern U.S. city. Meaning making, adolescent developmental theory, ideas regarding traumatic loss, and resilience provided a framework to understand how these teens coped with the tragic loss of a friend. The teen girls in this study demonstrated resilience in their ability to adequately "move on" with their lives. They remained achievement oriented and sustained meaningful relationships with family, valued friends, and others. Early, metaphysical, and motivational meaning constructions......
POSTED 08/20/2010 at 12:54 AM --
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Bereavement interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities: what works?
This article provides counselors and other professionals with a review of existing bereavement intervention research for adults with ID. Practice recommendations are made on three levels: informal support; formal intervention; and community education.
PMID: 20712142 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Omega)...
POSTED 08/20/2010 at 12:54 AM --
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A qualitative study exploring perceptions and experiences of patients and clinicians of Palliative Medicine Outpatient Clinics in different settings.
Authors: Cawley D, Waterman D, Roberts D, Caress A
Palliative care exists in a variety of settings and palliative care teams form many guises within this. A Palliative Medicine Outpatient Clinic (PMOC) exists to meet the flexible provision of the needs and preferences of individuals within whatever care setting they reside. This explorative study used a qualitative methodology, capturing patients' actual experience of care in preference to their satisfaction, as this is a more accurate measure of how and what patients judge as important in their healthcare. The overall themes in this paper point to the 'value' that patients perceived from attending the PMOC and how important the clinics were to clinicians that provided the care. The clinic facilitates much more than symptom control and......
POSTED 08/17/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Disease trajectories and ACT/RCPCH categories in paediatric palliative care.
The objective of this study was to provide a preliminary description of trajectories of life-limiting conditions (LLCs) using qualitative experiential data. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with families of children with LLCs, selected to encompass all Association for Children's Palliative Care (ACT)/Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) categories, using a schedule developed from focus groups of professionals. Thirty out of 76 families agreed to participate. Four of these were unsuitable. In nine out of 26 families, their child had died. In eight out of the 26, two individuals were interviewed. Twenty-four mothers, nine fathers, one sibling and two foster-carers were interviewed in total. The interview schedule was developed from data from four themed focus groups......
POSTED 08/17/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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In this Issue
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 933-933. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 10:02 PM --
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Economic Impact of Terminal Illness and the Willingness to Change It
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 941-944. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 01:56 PM --
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Palliative Care Project in the Emergency Department
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 936-936. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 01:56 PM --
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Imagine My Surprise: A Controversial Advance Directive Scenario
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 1033-1034. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 01:56 PM --
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Usefulness of Droperidol as an Anti-Emetic in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 939-939. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 01:56 PM --
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Palliative Treatment of Malignant Ascites #177
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 1028-1029. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 01:56 PM --
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Evaluation of Malignant Ascites #176
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 1027-1028. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 01:56 PM --
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When Will âUsual Careâ in Advanced Illness Be âPalliative Careâ?
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 934-935. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 01:56 PM --
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Targeted Therapy at the End of Life for Patients with Lung Cancer
Journal of Palliative Medicine Aug 2010, Vol. 13, No. 8: 945-948. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)...
POSTED 08/16/2010 at 01:56 PM --
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