Considerable research has addressed quality of life and quality of care; however, it has not
addressed adequately the experiences of patients and their families at the end of life. Health …

One of the primary outcomes of end-of-life care should be the experience of a good death by
the patient and the family. Yet there is no clear, shared understanding of what a good death …

Background and objectives: There is ongoing growth of elderly populations with ESRD in
Western Europe and North America. In our center, we offer an alternative care pathway of …

OBJECTIVE: No studies have evaluated the relationship among religious coping,
psychological distress and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with End stage …

Although major efforts are underway to improve end‐of‐life care, there is growing evidence
that improvements are not being experienced by those at particularly high risk for …

To determine whether modern medicine is facilitating 'good'deaths, appropriate measures of
the quality of dying and death must be developed and utilized. The purpose of this paper is …

Chronic diseases are nowadays the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Patients with end-stage chronic organ failure may suffer daily from distressful physical and …

Despite an ethical and legal consensus regarding the right of patients or their surrogates to
refuse life-prolonging therapy, surveys show that dying patients in hospitals in the United …

CONTEXT: There is little evidence on the symptoms experienced by those with advanced
(Stage 5) chronic kidney disease (CKD), managed without dialysis, as they approach death …

OBJECTIVE. The goal was to characterize pediatric residents' perceived educational needs
for pediatric palliative care. The data generated from this study will facilitate the planning of …