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Terminally Ill
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Ill, Terminally
, ill terminally
Persons with an incurable or irreversible illness at the end stage that will result in death within a short time. (From O'Leary et al., Lexikon…
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2006
Review
2006
Factors influencing death at home in terminally ill patients with cancer: systematic review
B. Gomes
,
I. Higginson
BMJ : British Medical Journal
2006
Corpus ID: 17105545
Abstract Objectives To determine the relative influence of different factors on place of death in patients with cancer. Data…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
A systematic review of physicians' survival predictions in terminally ill cancer patients
P. Glare
,
K. Virik
,
+4 authors
N. Christakis
BMJ : British Medical Journal
2003
Corpus ID: 9754666
Abstract Objective To systematically review the accuracy of physicians' clinical predictions of survival in terminally ill cancer…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Spirituality, religion, and depression in the terminally ill.
C. Nelson
,
B. Rosenfeld
,
W. Breitbart
,
M. Galietta
Psychosomatics
2002
Corpus ID: 2051989
OBJECTIVE This study examined the impact of spirituality and religiosity on depressive symptom severity in a sample of terminally…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer.
W. Breitbart
,
B. Rosenfeld
,
+5 authors
R. Brescia
JAMA
2000
Corpus ID: 18137555
CONTEXT Understanding why some terminally ill patients desire a hastened death has become an important issue in palliative care…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Assessing and Managing Depression in the Terminally Ill Patient
S. Block
Annals of Internal Medicine
2000
Corpus ID: 11899460
Physicians who care for terminally ill patients confront a range of complex medical and psychosocial challenges, and treating…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Palliative Prognostic Index: a scoring system for survival prediction of terminally ill cancer patients
T. Morita
,
J. Tsunoda
,
S. Inoue
,
S. Chihara
Supportive Care in Cancer
1999
Corpus ID: 22253887
Abstract Although accurate prediction of survival is essential for palliative care, few clinical methods of determining how long…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
"Are you depressed?" Screening for depression in the terminally ill.
H. Chochinov
,
K. Wilson
,
M. Enns
,
S. Lander
The American journal of psychiatry
1997
Corpus ID: 10685339
OBJECTIVE This study compared the performance of four brief screening measures for depression in a group of terminally ill…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Desire for death in the terminally ill.
H. Chochinov
,
K. Wilson
,
+4 authors
J. Clinch
The American journal of psychiatry
1995
Corpus ID: 32008452
OBJECTIVE Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have become prominent medical and social issues. This study investigated the…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Comfort care for terminally ill patients. The appropriate use of nutrition and hydration.
R. McCann
,
W. Hall
,
A. Groth-Juncker
JAMA
1994
Corpus ID: 2390526
OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of symptoms of hunger and thirst in a group of terminally ill patients and determine whether…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Spirituality and well-being in terminally ill hospitalized adults.
P. Reed
Research in nursing & health
1987
Corpus ID: 32337265
Initial research into the significance of spirituality among terminally ill adults was extended. Two hypotheses were examined…
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