Tag: end-of-life

1. In Ontario Canada, only 50% of home care clients received at least 1 or more palliative home care visits ...

1. In this scoping review, several factors predisposed adults to loneliness at the end-of life, including inadequate spiritual supports and ...

Religious and spiritual practices may improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus 1. In this systematic review, ...

1. Three main domains of dignity were identified: definitions of dignity, factors affecting patients' perceptions of dignity, and dignity conserving ...

1. Wishes and needs of nursing home residents were assigned to 12 different themes, the most frequently mentioned being: autonomy, ...

1. A web-based decision aid was developed to help improve communication between clinicians and patient-surrogates for patients with prolonged mechanical ...

1. In this retrospective study, the majority of children studied died of chronic conditions or congenital illnesses in institutional settings ...