Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2016
Nationwide Japanese survey about deathbed visions: "My deceased mother took me to heaven".
Primary aim was to clarify the prevalence and factors associated with the occurrence of deathbed visions, explore associations among deathbed visions, a good death, and family depression. Additional aim was to explore the emotional reaction, perception, and preferred clinical practice regarding deathbed visions from the view of bereaved family members. ⋯ Deathbed vision is not an uncommon phenomenon. Clinicians should not automatically regard such visions as an abnormal phenomenon to be medically treated and rather provide an individualized approach.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2016
Exploring the topics discussed during a conversation card game about death and dying: a content analysis.
Substantive discussions between loved ones are necessary for effective advance care planning. Although multiple tools are currently in use for promoting conversations, the content and clinical relevance of the conversations they stimulate is unknown. ⋯ Topics discussed during a nonfacilitated end-of-life conversation game are substantive and address important issues for advance care planning.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2016
A Comparison of Circumstances at the End of Life in a Hospital Setting for Children with Palliative Care Involvement Versus Those Without.
Specialized pediatric palliative care (PPC) services have become more common in urban pediatric hospital settings, although little is known about palliative care specialist involvement. ⋯ The integration of a PPC team was associated with fewer diagnostic/monitoring procedures and improved pain management documentation in this study of 114 children who died as inpatients.