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Ethical Theories and Perspectives on End-of-Life Decisions
withdrawing life-sustaining care may be examined. To begin this exploration, it is salient to note that there are typically two types of patients that consider denying or ending care that would otherwise keep them alive: terminal and non-terminal patients.8 Terminal patients have a medical diagnosis, usually of disease, that will end their life. If
Nurses Barriers to Evidence-Based Practice in Palliative Care: A
Therefore, quality concerns, safety, and improved patient outcomes in palliative care must be addressed. Palliative care is very complex because patients at the end of life have many physiological, psychological, spiritual, and social needs that must be addressed simultaneously in the face of complex multimorbidity (Visser et al., 2015). It is ...
Registered Nurses' attitudes towards end‐of‐life care: A sequential
Nursing practice in end-of-life care dictates the presence of a compassionate nurse, who provides comfort care and emotional support, and who is constantly present to guide and support the family during the patient's death. In addition to that, educate and support nurses to understand the patient's and family's attitudes and beliefs towards end ...
PDF Capturing the impacts of end of life care on those close to the ...
This thesis reports work to develop and score (value) a measure to capture the impact of end of life care (EoLC) on those people close to the dying. This work is conducted in response to the need to capture wider impacts of EoLC for economic evaluation where there is lack of appropriate measures.
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care for patients at end-of-life and actual care provided. Among the personal factors examined, only age and professional experience with death predicted either intention or performance. Although religiosity was a strong predictor of EOLC beliefs, it was not a significant predictor of either intention or performance. Behavioral, normative,
Ethical considerations at the end-of-life care
Advances in modern medicine and medical technologies have both prolonged life expectancies and changed the natural norms of death. Although many modern treatments and technologies do not cure chronic diseases, medical interventions such as artificial nutrition and respiratory support can prolong the lives of people by providing secondary support. 1,2 End-of-life care has become an increasingly ...
PDF Timely community palliative and end-of-life care: a realist synthesis
This paper brings together evidence and lines of argumentation around the timely (or otherwise) iden-tification of patients at the end- of- life and the timely (or otherwise) initiation of PEoLC services. This was the ultimate focus of a realist review on PEoLC programmes in primary care and/or community settings in England.
(PDF) Paramedics delivering palliative and end-of-life care in
Paramedics delivering palliative and end-of-life care in community-based settings: A systematic integrative review with thematic synthesis December 2021 Palliative Medicine 36(3):026921632110593
Getting the End of Life Care Conversation Started
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PDF Evidence-Based End-of-Life Care Education for Intensive Care Nurses
This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies ... End-of-life care (EoLC) is an approach that health care practitioners use to relieve the suffering of dying patients. According to a recent report, out of all the deaths that ...
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to characterise quality end of life care. People with dementia have been described as the 'disadvantaged dying' with poor end of life care. Towards the end of life people with dementia cannot report on the care they receive. It is therefore important to talk to carers; however, few have explored the views about end of life care from the ...
Timely community palliative and end-of-life care: a realist synthesis
Background Community-based and home-based palliative and end-of-life care (PEoLC) services, often underpinned by primary care provision, are becoming increasingly popular. One of the key challenges associated with them is their timely initiation. The latter requires an accurate enough prediction of how close to death a patient is. Methods Using 'realist synthesis' tools, this review sought ...
Paramedics delivering palliative and end-of-life care in community
In order to meet the growing need for palliative care, reduce avoidable hospital admissions and better facilitate community preferences, early delivery and a multidisciplinary approach to palliative care service provision is required. 1 One interface capable of facilitating more home-based deaths is paramedicine. Paramedics are a unique workforce, attending to patients in the community 24-h a ...
Strategies to improve family member's experiences of end-of-life care
Data was analysed using the collaborative hermeneutic data analysis method to identify strategies to be implemented to improve the family member's experience of end-of-life care in future. Findings The following main themes emerged: 1) quality of care 2) compassion 3) support structure and 4) communication. Supporting and involving families ...
End-of-Life Education for Long-Term Care Nurses
Long-term care (LTC) nurses play a crucial role in preserving the quality of life of terminally ill patients. However, many identify deficits in skills, education, and training for end-of-life (EOL) care. The objective of this project was to educate LTC nurses caring for individuals reaching the end of their lives on EOL care. The practice-oriented
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The lack of access to specialty palliative care clinicians poses a critical problem to patients with serious illness, particularly for those near the end of life. Primary palliative care is palliative care delivered by clinicians not trained in specialty palliative care: specialists in other fields (e.g., oncology, nephrology) and primary care ...
End-of-life Care Practices in Two Cultures: A Comparative Ethical
Dissertation supervised by Professor Henk ten Have This dissertation examined the similarities and differences between the end-of-life care strategies employed in the United States and Saudi Arabia. End-of-life care has emerged in recent decades as a medical practice specialty. It has taken on enhanced significance in the
Ethical considerations at the end-of-life care
There is much common ground based on the application of the four major principles of medical ethics: nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy, and justice. The goal of end-of-life care for elderly people is to improve their quality of life, helping them cope with illness, disability, death, and an honorable death process.
Insights into the experiences of nurse educators in end-of-life care: A
Aim: This study elucidated the experience of nurse educators instructing practicums for nursing students assigned to the care of end-of-life patients in fundamental nursing education. Background: With the growing population of older adults and increased mortality, nurses providing care for people at the end-of-life stage and their families (referred to as end-of-life nursing) will be ...
PDF Dignity in the end of life care
sing homes have become an important place for end-of-life care and death. Dignity is a concept often used in health care documents but their meaning is rarely clarified. The main aim of this thesis was to gain a deeper understanding of what dignity meant to older people in end of life care as well as to nursing home staff. The thesis
Dissertations / Theses: 'End of Life (EOL) Care'
In this thesis I explore the current end-of-life care provision as experienced by older people with advanced cancer in three distinct care settings in Yunnan China: a hospice, an inpatient palliative care ward and a self-help organisation. In particular, I focus on the role of "hope" at the end of life, hope having emerged as a significant ...
Exploring How Nurse Beliefs and Attitudes Influence End-of-Life-Care
Nurses are the cornerstones to provide safe patient care. Studies about nurses experiencing challenges while providing end-of-life care (EOLC) are limited. It is imperative to understand how nurses' beliefs and attitudes influence their actions while providing EOLC. The aims of this study were to (a) explore the relationship of personal factors and nurse beliefs and attitudes on providing ...
PDF Palliative and end of life care Priority Setting Partnership (PeolcPSP)
and end of life care Palliative and end of life care Priority Setting Partnership (PeolcPSP) The PeolcPSP identified the research priorities that are most important to the end users of palliative and end of life care research, receiving responses from carers, health care professionals in both palliative and social care and patients.
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withdrawing life-sustaining care may be examined. To begin this exploration, it is salient to note that there are typically two types of patients that consider denying or ending care that would otherwise keep them alive: terminal and non-terminal patients.8 Terminal patients have a medical diagnosis, usually of disease, that will end their life. If
Therefore, quality concerns, safety, and improved patient outcomes in palliative care must be addressed. Palliative care is very complex because patients at the end of life have many physiological, psychological, spiritual, and social needs that must be addressed simultaneously in the face of complex multimorbidity (Visser et al., 2015). It is ...
Nursing practice in end-of-life care dictates the presence of a compassionate nurse, who provides comfort care and emotional support, and who is constantly present to guide and support the family during the patient's death. In addition to that, educate and support nurses to understand the patient's and family's attitudes and beliefs towards end ...
This thesis reports work to develop and score (value) a measure to capture the impact of end of life care (EoLC) on those people close to the dying. This work is conducted in response to the need to capture wider impacts of EoLC for economic evaluation where there is lack of appropriate measures.
care for patients at end-of-life and actual care provided. Among the personal factors examined, only age and professional experience with death predicted either intention or performance. Although religiosity was a strong predictor of EOLC beliefs, it was not a significant predictor of either intention or performance. Behavioral, normative,
Advances in modern medicine and medical technologies have both prolonged life expectancies and changed the natural norms of death. Although many modern treatments and technologies do not cure chronic diseases, medical interventions such as artificial nutrition and respiratory support can prolong the lives of people by providing secondary support. 1,2 End-of-life care has become an increasingly ...
This paper brings together evidence and lines of argumentation around the timely (or otherwise) iden-tification of patients at the end- of- life and the timely (or otherwise) initiation of PEoLC services. This was the ultimate focus of a realist review on PEoLC programmes in primary care and/or community settings in England.
Paramedics delivering palliative and end-of-life care in community-based settings: A systematic integrative review with thematic synthesis December 2021 Palliative Medicine 36(3):026921632110593
This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an ... Having the end of life care conversation with loved ones and providers would address advance care planning and hospice ...
This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies ... End-of-life care (EoLC) is an approach that health care practitioners use to relieve the suffering of dying patients. According to a recent report, out of all the deaths that ...
to characterise quality end of life care. People with dementia have been described as the 'disadvantaged dying' with poor end of life care. Towards the end of life people with dementia cannot report on the care they receive. It is therefore important to talk to carers; however, few have explored the views about end of life care from the ...
Background Community-based and home-based palliative and end-of-life care (PEoLC) services, often underpinned by primary care provision, are becoming increasingly popular. One of the key challenges associated with them is their timely initiation. The latter requires an accurate enough prediction of how close to death a patient is. Methods Using 'realist synthesis' tools, this review sought ...
In order to meet the growing need for palliative care, reduce avoidable hospital admissions and better facilitate community preferences, early delivery and a multidisciplinary approach to palliative care service provision is required. 1 One interface capable of facilitating more home-based deaths is paramedicine. Paramedics are a unique workforce, attending to patients in the community 24-h a ...
Data was analysed using the collaborative hermeneutic data analysis method to identify strategies to be implemented to improve the family member's experience of end-of-life care in future. Findings The following main themes emerged: 1) quality of care 2) compassion 3) support structure and 4) communication. Supporting and involving families ...
Long-term care (LTC) nurses play a crucial role in preserving the quality of life of terminally ill patients. However, many identify deficits in skills, education, and training for end-of-life (EOL) care. The objective of this project was to educate LTC nurses caring for individuals reaching the end of their lives on EOL care. The practice-oriented
The lack of access to specialty palliative care clinicians poses a critical problem to patients with serious illness, particularly for those near the end of life. Primary palliative care is palliative care delivered by clinicians not trained in specialty palliative care: specialists in other fields (e.g., oncology, nephrology) and primary care ...
Dissertation supervised by Professor Henk ten Have This dissertation examined the similarities and differences between the end-of-life care strategies employed in the United States and Saudi Arabia. End-of-life care has emerged in recent decades as a medical practice specialty. It has taken on enhanced significance in the
There is much common ground based on the application of the four major principles of medical ethics: nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy, and justice. The goal of end-of-life care for elderly people is to improve their quality of life, helping them cope with illness, disability, death, and an honorable death process.
Aim: This study elucidated the experience of nurse educators instructing practicums for nursing students assigned to the care of end-of-life patients in fundamental nursing education. Background: With the growing population of older adults and increased mortality, nurses providing care for people at the end-of-life stage and their families (referred to as end-of-life nursing) will be ...
sing homes have become an important place for end-of-life care and death. Dignity is a concept often used in health care documents but their meaning is rarely clarified. The main aim of this thesis was to gain a deeper understanding of what dignity meant to older people in end of life care as well as to nursing home staff. The thesis
In this thesis I explore the current end-of-life care provision as experienced by older people with advanced cancer in three distinct care settings in Yunnan China: a hospice, an inpatient palliative care ward and a self-help organisation. In particular, I focus on the role of "hope" at the end of life, hope having emerged as a significant ...
Nurses are the cornerstones to provide safe patient care. Studies about nurses experiencing challenges while providing end-of-life care (EOLC) are limited. It is imperative to understand how nurses' beliefs and attitudes influence their actions while providing EOLC. The aims of this study were to (a) explore the relationship of personal factors and nurse beliefs and attitudes on providing ...
and end of life care Palliative and end of life care Priority Setting Partnership (PeolcPSP) The PeolcPSP identified the research priorities that are most important to the end users of palliative and end of life care research, receiving responses from carers, health care professionals in both palliative and social care and patients.
Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles. Consult the top 15 dissertations / theses for your research on the topic 'Palliative care; End of life care; Community involvement.'. Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button.
The Nick that is driving his son by the end of my thesis is now a fully realized man. He understands and empathizes with his son and wishes to make sure that his son knows he is being cared for. Nick Adams' masculine journey presents a Hemingway character whose masculinity is transformative, and his experiences have allowed him to step into ...
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