Hospice Care for Patients Who Choose to Hasten Death
What's the clinician's role when patients want to speed up death by not eating or drinking?
Category : hospice care : Health & Medical
Assessment and Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue
What can be done to reduce fatigue in patients with cancer who are receiving chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy?
Effect of Personality on Palliative Care Staff Stress Levels
What personality type is more prone to burnout when it comes to palliative care?
End-of-Life Needs of Patients Who Practice Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is a rapidly growing religious tradition and one that requires specific care planning at the end of life.
The Prodrome to Delirium
Gain insight regarding early signs and symptoms of emerging delirium and root causes that may be reversible.
Weaving Palliative Care Into the Tapestry of Pediatrics
Read about development of a highly successful pediatric palliative care program that was established initially with nursing staff at relatively low cost.
Managing the Effects of Cardiac Cachexia
Learn more about the vicious cycle of cancer cachexia -- in cardiac disease.
Effect of Personality on Palliative Care Staff Stress Levels
What personality type is more prone to burnout when it comes to palliative care?
Transition to End-of-Life Care in End-stage Liver Disease
Learn the finer points of symptom management in end-stage liver disease.
Refractory Cancer Pain in a Nursing Home Resident
How do psychological, social, spiritual, or existential concerns contribute to the experience of pain for nursing home residents?
Family Perceptions of Interventions During End-of-Life Care
What kind of support do family members and friends think they need when a loved one is dying?
Hope in Family Caregivers Caring for a Terminally Ill Loved One
Does a hopeful attitude cut the burden for caregivers?
Work-Related Loss Among Pediatric Oncology Nurses
Find out what toll losing patients takes on -- pediatric oncology nurses.
Hemodialysis Population Symptom Relief and the Need for Palliative Care
The potential need for palliative care in the ESRD population has gone unrecognized by most healthcare providers and by those who reimburse for care.
Transition to End-of-Life Care in End-stage Liver Disease
Learn the finer points of symptom management in end-stage liver disease.
'Nurse, I Can't Sleep!'
Insomnia is a prevalent problem among patients with cancer. Can you boost their sleep IQ?
Refractory Cancer Pain in a Nursing Home Resident
How do psychological, social, spiritual, or existential concerns contribute to the experience of pain for nursing home residents?
A Comparison of Stress Factors in Home and Inpatient Hospice Nurses
Perceived stress factors and their correlation to perceived self-efficacy for inpatient versus home hospice nurses are reviewed. Which work setting is more stressful for nurses?
The Prodrome to Delirium
Gain insight regarding early signs and symptoms of emerging delirium and root causes that may be reversible.
Critical Care Nurses' Values and Behaviors With End-of-Life Care: Perceptions and Challenges
Nine critical care nurses are interviewed regarding their beliefs about quality end-of-life patient care.