[Continuous intrathecal analgesia in terminal cancer patients within transmural health care] Continue intrathecale pijnbestrijding bij terminale kankerpatienten in de transmurale zorg.

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-20
Author(s):  
MF Wagemans ◽  
EM Spoelder ◽  
WW Zuurmond ◽  
JJ de Lange
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Transmurale Zorg ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients ◽  
Intrathecal Analgesia

Terminal Cancer and Suicide: The Health Care Professional's Dilemma

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie C. Hansen ◽  
Charles A. MC Aleer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients ◽  
And Behavior

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that health care professionals would differ in their evaluations of a patient contemplating suicide, in their acceptance of suicide for the patient, and in their projected behavioral response to the patient, as a function of their belief that the patient has cancer, a terminal illness, or terminal cancer, and as a function of the degree of their death anxiety. Health care professionals ( N = 138) across a variety of disciplines completed Templer's Death Anxiety Scale, read one of four randomly distributed written introductions, then viewed taped segments of counseling sessions with a woman who was contemplating suicide. Results demonstrated that health care professionals' evaluations, acceptance, and behavior in the case of a patient contemplating suicide are affected by their belief that the patient has cancer and/or is dying, and by the degree of death anxiety experienced by the practitioner. The importance of awareness regarding personal feelings about suicide among terminal cancer patients is discussed.

Management of terminal cancer patients: attitudes and training needs of primary health care doctors and nurses

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 464-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Esteva Cantó ◽  
Joan Llobera Cánaves ◽  
Jerónima Miralles Xamena ◽  
M. de Lluch Bauzá Amengual
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients ◽  
And Training ◽  
Doctors And Nurses

Optimal timing for hospice-shared care initiation in terminal cancer patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Mei Dai ◽  
Ya-Ting Huang ◽  
Min-Yu Lai ◽  
Hsueh-Erh Liu ◽  
Chih-Chung Shiao
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Shared Care ◽  
Optimal Timing ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients

Changes in the palliative performance scale may be as important as the initial palliative performance scale for predicting survival in terminal cancer patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Guk Jin Lee ◽  
Ji Hyun Gwak ◽  
Myoung Sim Kim ◽  
Mi Yeong Lee ◽  
Seo Ree Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Gastrointestinal Cancer ◽  
Poor Prognosis ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Hospice Patients ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B ◽  
Performance Scale

Abstract Objective The accurate estimation of expected survival in terminal cancer patients is important. The palliative performance scale (PPS) is an important factor in predicting survival of hospice patients. The purpose of this study was to examine how initial status of PPS and changes in PPS affect the survival of hospice patients in Korea. Method We retrospectively examined 315 patients who were admitted to our hospice unit between January 2017 and December 2018. The patients were divided based on the PPS of ≥50% (group A) and ≤40% (group B). We performed survival analysis for factors associated with the length of survival (LOS) in group A. Based on the hospice team's weekly evaluation of PPS, we examined the effect of initial levels and changes in group A on the prognosis of patients who survived for 2 weeks or more. Results At the time of admission to hospice, 265 (84.1%) patients were PPS ≥50%, and 50 (15.9%) were PPS ≤40%. The median LOS of PPS ≥50% and PPS ≤40% were 15 (2–158 days) and 9 (2–43 days), respectively. Male, gastrointestinal cancer, and lower initial PPS all predicted poor prognosis in group A. Male, gastrointestinal cancer, and a PPS change of 10% or greater, compared with initial status 1 week and 2 weeks of hospitalization, were all predictors of poor prognosis in group A patients who survived for 2 weeks or longer. Significance of results Our research demonstrates the significance of PPS change at 1 week and 2 weeks, suggesting the importance of evaluating not only initial PPS but also change in PPS.

scholarly journals Intravenous ATP infusions can be safely administered in the home setting: a study in pre-terminal cancer patients

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 571-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Beijer ◽  
Eric A. R. Gielisse ◽  
Pierre S. Hupperets ◽  
Ben E. E. M. van den Borne ◽  
Marieke van den Beuken-van Everdingen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Home Setting ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients
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