Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021
Randomized Controlled TrialThe Effect of Aromatherapy Massage with Lavender and Citrus Aurantium Essential Oil on Quality of Life of Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial Study.
Poor quality of life is a major problem in hemodialysis patients. ⋯ In this study, both aromatherapy massages have positive effects on the quality of life of hemodialysis patients. Therefore, nurses are advised to use these aromatherapy massages to improve the quality of life of hemodialysis patients.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021
ReviewPalliative care in the Greater China region: a systematic review of needs, models and outcomes.
There is rapidly increasing need for palliative care in Greater China because of rapidly aging populations. ⋯ Palliative care services within Greater China should pay more attention to management of nonmalignant disease and to integration into primary services. Policy support is key to establishing culturally appropriate person-centered services.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021
Multicenter StudyHow we can improve the quality of care for patients requesting medical assistance in dying: a qualitative study of health care providers.
Since Canada decriminalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) in 2015, clinicians and organizations have developed policies and protocols to implement assisted dying in clinical practice. Five years on, there is little consensus as to what constitutes high-quality care in MAID. ⋯ Canadian health care providers described unique challenges in caring for patients who request MAID, along with practices to improve the quality of care.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021
Emergency department use by Terminally Ill patients: a systematic review.
Terminally ill patients (TIP) frequently visit the emergency department (ED), but the prevalence of these visits is unclear. ⋯ Patients with terminal cancer frequently use the ED at the end of life, although use varies among patients and few studies have examined low-income countries or patients with nononcologic terminal illness. The global prevalence of TIP in the ED cannot be calculated from limited reports.