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Terminally Ill

Known as: 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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram for terminally ill cancer patients.
BACKGROUND Determining life expectancy in terminally ill cancer patients is a difficult task. We aimed to develop and validate a… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Preferences for place of care and place of death among informal caregivers of the terminally ill
Objectives: (1) To determine informal caregivers perceptions about place of care and place of death; and (2) to identify… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Caregiving and its impact on families of the terminally ill
Changes in the health care system have meant that increasing numbers of the terminally ill receive the majority of their care at… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Elevated serum vitamin B12 levels associated with CRP as a predictive factor of mortality in palliative care cancer patients: a prospective study over five years.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Prophylactic potential of pentosan polysulphate in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Terminal cancer patients and timing of referral to palliative care: a multicenter prospective cohort study. Italian Cooperative Research Group on Palliative Medicine.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A microchip implant system as a method to determine body temperature of terminally ill rats and mice
In a series of experiments, Klebsiella pneumoniae was inoculated intratracheally into rats and mice, and the temperature of the… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
The spiritual dimension of hospice: the secularization of an ideal.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Attitudes of Japanese and Japanese-American physicians towards life-sustaining treatment
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Need satisfaction in terminal care settings.
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