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Palliative Medicine

Known as: medicine palliative, Palliative Care Medicine, Medicine, Palliative 
A branch of medicine concerned with preventing and relieving the suffering of patients in any stage of disease. Its focus is on comprehensive care… 
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2008
2008
A Delphi study to develop the Association for Palliative Medicine consensus syllabus for undergraduate palliative medicine in Great Britain and Ireland
The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) produced a previous undergraduate palliative medicine syllabus in 1992. This study… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Rational use of sublingual opioids in palliative medicine.
The sublingual administration of opioid analgesics has been a mainstay in the pain management of homebound dying hospice patients… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Update in palliative medicine and end-of-life care.
Palliative medicine includes clinical palliative care, education, and research that focus on the quality of life of patients with… 
2002
2002
Treatment of advanced gastric cancer by palliative gastrectomy, cytoreductive therapy and postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy
The treatment options for the 10–20 per cent of patients with gastric cancer who present with peritoneal dissemination are… 
2001
2001
Optimierung der ambulanten palliativmedizinischen Betreuung terminal kranker Tumorpatienten am Beispiel SUPPORT - ethisch zu präferierende Alternative zur Forderung nach aktiver Sterbehilfe*
Einführung: Methodik: Ergebnisse: Schlussfolgerung: Introduction: Methods: Results: Conclusion: 
2000
2000
The bedside confusion scale: development of a portable bedside test for confusion and its application to the palliative medicine population.
BACKGROUND Clinical tests for confusion in medically ill patients are frequently burdensome and difficult to use. Available tests… 
1999
1999
The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine Doyle Derek Geoffrey WC Hanks MacDonald Neil Oxford University Press £49.95 1283pp 0-19-263057-1 0192630571.
This second edition of what has become a classic text provides a useful source of references for nurses from all specialities… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Pediatric Palliative Medicine: Obstacles to Overcome
The care of the dying child involves an appreciation of issues that are distinct from those faced in adult palliative care… 
1994
1994
Administration of drugs by infusion pumps in palliative medicine.
A retrospective study was carried out in 100 adult patients with advanced malignant disease. They were given subcutaneous… 
1988
1988
Radical resection and liver grafting as the two main components of surgical strategy in the treatment of proximal bile duct cancer
AbstractIn the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the proximal bile duct, our current strategy is to resect the tumor radically and… 
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