Journal of pain and symptom management
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"My One Wild and Precious Life - The Purpose of Medical Care", contains reflections of a medical student as a naive little boy, inspired by his late grandfather, pinning to becoming a physician, who later struggles to find purpose in the unidealistic world of the current healthcare system. But, through his exposure to "Pallium India", a non-profit palliative care organization in Kerala, India, healthcare once more gains meaning and signifies the importance of love and care amidst a patient's journey through pain and suffering.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2024
Multicenter Study Controlled Clinical TrialNursing care for spiritual pain in terminal cancer patients: A non-randomized controlled trial.
Spiritual well-being is important for terminal cancer patients; however, appropriate interventions remain to be established. ⋯ SpiPas-SCP-N for spiritual pain may have a positive impact on terminal cancer patients. Future research using larger samples, randomized design, and the meaning/peace subscale of FACIT-Sp as the primary outcome is necessary as well as supervision and continuous training in daily nursing practice.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2024
Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Version of the Edmonton Functional Assessment Tool 2.
Physical symptoms such as pain and cancer-related fatigue limit physical function and activities of daily living among patients with terminal cancer, which can lead to a decline in quality of life. Therefore, comprehensive functional impairments should be evaluated to determine the progression of the disease and the effectiveness of palliative treatment. ⋯ These results indicate that the EFAT2-J has robust psychometric properties and is useful for evaluating physical function in patients with terminal cancer, and thus may be an acceptable clinical instrument in research and practice.