- ►fordham.edu [PDF] W Breitbart, B Rosenfeld, H Pessin, M Kaim, J Funesti- … - Jama, 2000 - Am Med Assoc You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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your experience on this site better. ... Context Understanding why some terminally ill ... Cited by 357 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] TE Quill, IR Byock… - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2000 - Am Coll Physicians When provided by a skilled, multidisciplinary team, pallia- tive care is highly effective at addressing
the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of dying patients and their families.
However, some patients who have wit- nessed harsh death want reassurance that they ... Cited by 168 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►jcojournal.org T Akechi, T Okuyama, Y Sugawara, T Nakano, … - Journal of Clinical …, 2004 - jcojournal.org PURPOSE: Few studies have been conducted to elucidate the psychological distress of terminally
ill cancer patients. This study attempted to determine the prevalence of adjustment disorders
(AD), major depression (MD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among ... Cited by 85 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
RS Morrison, DE Meier - The New England Journal of Medicine (CME), 2004 - cme.nejm.org An 85-year-old man with New York Heart Association class IV heart failure, hyperten- sion, and
moderate Alzheimer's disease is admitted to the hospital after a hip fracture. His postoperative
course is complicated by pneumonia, delirium, and pressure ulcers on his heels and ... Cited by 80 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 8 versions
HM Chochinov - The Lancet Oncology, 2001 - Elsevier Clinical depression is a relatively common, and yet frequently overlooked, source of suffering
among patients with cancer. All patients who face a life-threatening diagnosis such as cancer
experience a normal albeit painful emotional reaction, but a substantial minority will ... Cited by 75 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►emory.edu [PDF] SZ Pantilat, AE Steimle - JAMA, 2004 - Am Med Assoc Heart failure accounts for more hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries than any other
condition. Its symptoms, including shortness of breath, fatigue, and edema, can be frightening
and diminish quality of life. Although treatment advances have allowed patients to live ... Cited by 67 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►jcojournal.org LC Vanderwerker, RE Laff, NS Kadan-Lottick, S … - Journal of Clinical …, 2005 - jcojournal.org Add to CiteULike Add to Complore Add to Connotea Add to Del.icio.us Add to Digg Add to Facebook
Add to Reddit Add to Technorati Add to Twitter What's this? ... PURPOSE: Despite research demonstrating
the psychological burden of caregiving for advanced cancer patients, limited information ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - All 11 versions
- ►psu.edu [PDF] DE Weissman - JAMA, 2004 - Am Med Assoc As patients approach the end of life, their disease process may create an immediate life-threatening
emergency, yet invasive interventions may be less likely to provide benefit while carrying the
same or greater risks. Knowing when it is time to shift from life-prolonging to more ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 13 versions
NS Kadan-Lottick, LC Vanderwerker, SD Block, B … - Cancer, 2005 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov BACKGROUND. Psychological morbidity has been proposed as a source of distress in cancer
patients. This study aimed to: 1) determine the prevalence of diagnosable psychiatric
illnesses, and 2) describe the mental health services received and predictors of service ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
M Lloyd-Williams, J Spiller, J Ward - Palliative medicine, 2003 - pmj.sagepub.com Abstract: Depression is a significant symptom for many palliative care patients, but is difficult
to diagnose and therefore treat. In an effort to improve detection, there has been increasing interest
in the use of screening tools. Many tools, however, have been developed for physically ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
