- Results found in: The Exchange
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... Hospital by psychiatrists, Sarah Hales and Gary Rodin, and psychologist, Christopher Lo is designed to help patients cope with the distress associated with advanced cancer. The impact of a novel psychotherapeutic...
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... and family-focused". To that end, our excellent medical and nursing expertise provides a foundation which supports the life goals of the children and families. We are not simply treating diseases,...
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... of information about this topic. Communicating About Sexuality with the Terminally Ill Attitudes of health care professionals may act as a barrier to the discussion and assessment of sexuality at the...
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... Dementia and Person Centred Care A person centered approach to formal care at end-of-life is described by Magai and colleagues 2 ; they suggest that attention be paid to behavioral and non-verbal communications...
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... Two weeks before his death he had visited his general practitioner, experiencing “terrible pain.” Despite his anguish, his physician refused to give him morphine, claiming that because he was a smoker,...
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... in delight. A day of rest, a moment of prayer, a time of meditation, these disrupt the pattern of desperation that infects our thinking, and allow us to be able to see the healing that is already present...
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... care for individuals who are dying and their families through improved knowledge, skills and attitudes of those providing care and lays the foundation for future research in this area. Thank you to our...
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... hesitancy to talk about it with patients, their families and colleagues. Although great strides have been made in the quest to preserve life threatened by cardiac disease, HF continues to be a progressive...
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... to express difficult thoughts and feelings openly, or to cry online without being observed was described as very helpful by nearly everyone who was interviewed. The counsellor was seen to have helped...
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... care, program, and policy development, and palliative care education. Her research background includes: education for collaborative patient-centered care; competency development for palliative care nursing,...