[PDF] Top 20 Nutrition and Hydration for Terminal Cancer Patients in Taiwan

... intake in terminal cancer ...cy and causes of the inability of eat- ing or drinking in terminal cancer patients and to investigate the use of artificial ... See full document

... experiences in using ANH, and the knowledge and attitudes toward ANH may influence the use of nutrition and hydration in terminal ill- ness and are worthy of ... See full document

... (2)”, and “very likely (1).” Cronbach’s α for two items was ...experimental and control groups completed the pretest, only the experimental group participated in a 50-min ...artificial ... See full document

... difficult for a ter- minal patient with severe sufferings to enrich their ...ing in terminally ill patients with cautious se- lection of medication, dosage, and routes of ...that ... See full document

... pain and dyspnea scores (on a scale of 0–10), and scores for common symp- toms other than pain and dyspnea (0pnone; 1pmild; 2pmoder- ate; ...countered in terminal care, including ... See full document

... morphine for dyspnea control in termi- nally ill cancer patients, particularly in patients with a Chinese ...morphine in the management of terminal dyspnea but also ... See full document

... explained in Tibetan Buddhist teachings consists of two phases of dissolution: an outer dissolution, when the senses and elements dissolve, and an inner dis- solution of the gross and subtle ... See full document

... contrast, in ancient Israel, good death meant a fulfillment of wills rather than heroic ...death in high- income societies such as Japan and USA, and noted that the ability to control the ... See full document

... with terminal cancer patients to obtain information about spiritual well- ...nal cancer patients is very difficult, especially for patients in Taiwan who ... See full document

... symptoms; and physical symptoms. Although these patients with terminal illness suffered from physical symptoms that were “tremendous problems”, they still felt their lives were ... See full document

... ill cancer patients admitted to the palliative care unit at our hospital who were referred from other wards of the same hospital, from other hospitals or from ...All patients enrolled met with ... See full document

... most patients with cancer patients to know the nature and prognosis of their dis- ...of patients actu- ally obtains enough information as they ...1-11 In many coun- tries, ... See full document

... implications for end-of-life care in other parts of the ...care for cancer patients in Taiwan from February 2003 to May ...study and permission to contact ... 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

... especially in the late terminal stage, has become one of the most important issues in palliative ...dyspnea in patients with terminal cancer must be ...pressure, ... See full document

... the cancer patients? hospitalization costs and their financial risk ...documents and empirical data, the treatment courses and the accompanying costs of five major cancers (liver ... See full document

... disease and cirrhosis, as well as general symptoms were the primary indications for ...TCM. In biomedicine, the top two primary indications, apart from malignant neoplasm of the liver and ... See full document

... NHI, and visits at clinics not in contract with the BNHI were not considered in this ...NHI. In addition, cancer patients need rare and expensive Chinese herbal, which is ... See full document

... conducted in Taiwan also used the NHIRD, but the researchers presented the risk of cancer in COPD using a standardised incidence ...875 patients with COPD over 20 years of age ... See full document

... by patients consisted of the Barriers Questionnaire-Taiwan form, the Brief Pain Inventory-Chinese version, the ECOG performance status scale, and a demographic and medication ...form ... See full document