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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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Review
2006
Review
2006
Factors influencing death at home in terminally ill patients with cancer: systematic review
Abstract Objectives To determine the relative influence of different factors on place of death in patients with cancer. Data… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
A systematic review of physicians' survival predictions in terminally ill cancer patients
Abstract Objective To systematically review the accuracy of physicians' clinical predictions of survival in terminally ill cancer… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Spirituality, religion, and depression in the terminally ill.
OBJECTIVE This study examined the impact of spirituality and religiosity on depressive symptom severity in a sample of terminally… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer.
CONTEXT Understanding why some terminally ill patients desire a hastened death has become an important issue in palliative care… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Palliative Prognostic Index: a scoring system for survival prediction of terminally ill cancer patients
Abstract Although accurate prediction of survival is essential for palliative care, few clinical methods of determining how long… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
"Are you depressed?" Screening for depression in the terminally ill.
OBJECTIVE This study compared the performance of four brief screening measures for depression in a group of terminally ill… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Desire for death in the terminally ill.
OBJECTIVE Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have become prominent medical and social issues. This study investigated the… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Comfort care for terminally ill patients. The appropriate use of nutrition and hydration.
OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of symptoms of hunger and thirst in a group of terminally ill patients and determine whether… 
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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