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  1. (PDF) End-of-life care in acute hospitals: an integrative literature

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  2. (PDF) End-of-Life-Care Program for Enhancing Good Death Among Cancer

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  3. (PDF) End-of-Life Care Education as Blended Learning Approach for

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  4. (PDF) Ethical Issues Surrounding End-of-Life Care: A Narrative Review

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  1. End of life care Chapter 4 Symptoms of approaching death

  2. Palliative Care: End of Life Care

  3. Chapter 10 Palliative Care at End of Life

  4. End of life care Chapter 1 Introduction

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  6. Talking about end of life care: communication

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  1. Navigating end-of-life decision-making in nursing: a systematic …

    This review aimed to provide background on key ethical issues in end-of-life decision-making and summarize evidence on communication strategies, advance care planning interventions, and palliative care models to support patients and families navigating this difficult …

  2. End-of-life care pathways and nursing: a literature review

    Evaluation: A range of published literature was used to examine EOLC pathways in relation to nursing. Key issues: Three main themes emerged: nursing's contribution to the evolution of …

  3. Improving Care Experiences for Patients and Caregivers at End of …

    Several data collection tools measure patient and/or caregiver care experiences at end of life and can be used for quality improvement. Previous reviews examined palliative care …

  4. A Literature Review on Care at the End-of-Life in the Emergency ...

    The main objectives of this paper are to review the existing literature in order to assess the evidence for managing patients dying in the emergency department, and to identify …

  5. End-of-Life Care

    The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) states that end-of-life care or hospice care commences when a person has a diagnosis of a terminal illness …

  6. Dignity Therapy for End-of-Life Care Patients: A …

    DT showed to be a new promising therapeutic intervention for suffering and distress at the end of life. The literature review finds robust evidence for DT’s overwhelming acceptability, rare for any medical intervention, …

  7. Measuring Experience With End-of-Life Care: A Systematic …

    We systematically reviewed the published literature on patients’, families’, or informal caregivers’ experiences with end-of-life care. 9 – 11 We searched PubMed, PsycINFO, and PsycTESTS …

  8. Self-care towards the end of life: A systematic review and narrative ...

    More broadly, existing reviews on self-care outcomes such as healthcare use, quality and cost focus on the early stages of chronic disease and typically exclude populations …