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PURPOSE: This study was to measure quality of life in hospice and palliative care patients.
METHODS: Research tools were the Korean version of McMaster quality of life scale and Spitzer's quality...
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate how nurses who take care of terminal patients perceive fluid therapy and how this therapy is currently being used in hospitals.
METHODS: This survey...
Hwang IC, Lee MK, Kim KK, Lee KS, Suh HS, Palliative Medicine Research Group, Korean Assotiation of Family Medicine
KMID: 2305356
Korean J Hosp Palliat Care.
2010 Dec;13(4):252-256.
Breathlessness is a frequent and distressing symptom in terminal cancer patients. Refractory breathlessness is defined as a state that does not respond to conventional disease-specific therapy with an exclusion of...
PURPOSE: This study was done to investigate effects of foot massage and supportive communication provided by hospice volunteers on depression, anxiety, and mood of cancer patients who are going under...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a community-based cancer patient management program (CBPCMP) which was collaborated between a hospice center and public health centers.
METHODS: The CBPCMP proceeded...