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Chart review of current end-of-life care needs and care practices in acute care hospitals: final report of an investigation
DownloadSpring 2011
A total of 1,018 charts of people who died from August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009 were reviewed to describe and examine current end-of-life care needs and care practices provided in two acute care hospitals. The mean age of those who died was 72.5, the majority of decedents were elderly...
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Fall 2011
Despite their proximity to death because of advanced old age and disability necessitating institutionalization, the oldest-old have rarely been the recipients of a comprehensive palliative approach to care or the focus of palliative care research. This lack has been attributed prognostic...
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Spring 2017
Abstract Background: Family transitions such as the birth of children and retirement often necessitate a redefinition of the marriage relationship, as other roles are added or changed. Stroke is a common, and also a particularly difficult, transition for a married couple. In a third of marriages...