[PDF] Top 20 Good death study of the elderly patients with terminal cancer in Taiwan.

... process of truth-telling is a complicated, delicate and unfamiliar to the Oriental ...themes of truth-telling including emphasizing what can be done, exploring realistic goals and discussing day- ... See full document

... prospective study conducted be- tween September 1997 and July 1998 in 232 consecutive patients with terminal ...at the time of admission, 1 week after admission and 48 h ... See full document

... from the perspective of the principle of double ef- ...patient with severe sufferings to enrich their ...only with the intention of relieving suffer- ing in ... See full document

... to the mean scores of the MQOL domains, rankings from high to low were: support; existential well-being; psychological symptoms; and physical ...these patients with terminal ... See full document

... Many patients in the study were able to take more food or water by mouth after improved oral hygiene, a change in food type, or assistance with family–patient ...were of- ... See full document

... All study subjects were followed up until a first time diagnosis of cancer, death, the end of follow-up in the medical records, or the end of ... See full document

... care of the pa- tients during the study period recorded each patient’s medical condition on a daily ...analyzed in a weekly team meeting, which helped to ensure that the data ... See full document

... limitations of our study are as follows: First, we used surrogate responses instead of direct interviews with terminal cancer patients to obtain information about ... See full document

... Methods Patients All consecutive patients admitted to the hos- pice and palliative care unit of the National Taiwan University Hospital between February 2002 and January 2003 ... See full document

... care in other parts of the ...provide the great majority of care for cancer patients in Taiwan from February 2003 to May ...part of larger research ... See full document

... tion of the reasons for foregoing ANH could often be accepted by ...trial of ANH for a set period of time (two or three days) is ...for the desired change. If the goals are not ... See full document

... this study is one of the first to prospectively investigate the details of using morphine for dyspnea control in termi- nally ill cancer patients, particularly ... See full document

... Our study found possible adult-elderly differences in not only the occurrence of incident use and LTU of BZD, but also the predictor ... See full document

... Results: the research find that 20% of the respondent perceive the hospitalization care is bad and 77% of respondent perceive is ...good. The level of ... See full document

... percentage of enrollment was ...ill cancer patients admitted to the palliative care unit at our hospital who were referred from other wards of the same hospital, from other ... See full document

... Prostate cancer and COPD Dysfunction in the hypothalamic –pituitary–gonadal axis, such as hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, has been noted in patients with ...23 The ... See full document

... experiences of spiritual suffering and the change mechanism in healing processes among Taiwanese patients with terminal ...METHODS: The approach to this study was ... See full document

... list of nutritional and cancer staging or liver functional indicators as references, this study has demon- strated that the MNA is a useful tool in predicting the nutritional ... See full document

... improve the applicability of the MNA in places where weighing scale is not a common household item or for patients who have ascites or edema which may throw off weight ...measurement. ... See full document

... hospice palliative care till death; (3) Mixed ward (mixed) group: admitted to general ward in 8.. the beginning and were transferred to hospice ward in the same hospitalized period, the[r] ... See full document