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This national project will provide an effective, evidence-based intervention for advance care planning (ACP) to 50 underserved US communities, those with poor access to healthcare systems due to economic, cultural or other barriers. The project will also examine 15 of the 50 communities to learn about the unique needs of African American communities in regards to ACP and to assess the intervention with this population. The team includes the Hospice Foundation of America and a university-based research team from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
The purpose of this multicentric study is to evaluate the perception of the quality of the end of life in intensive care units seen from the side of the caregivers, trough the CAESAR scale.
This study evaluates whether an online training resource can improve the performance of medical students in recognising imminently dying palliative care patients.
In Paris, France, home hospice care for terminally ill patients is organized by four "palliative care networks". These networks are responsible for information sharing and coordination of all health care professionals working with the patient. Two different systems are in place to ensure continuity of care outside working hours, in such a setting. In the first system, palliative care specialists from the network are reachable over the phone 24/7 by the patient or its caregivers, whenever needed. In the second system, medical information about the patient, regularly updated by the network's medical team, is available to professionals via a secure website, so that in case the patient requires an urgent medical home visit outside working hours, the visiting physician has access to accurate information. The study's goal is to compare patient's and caregiver's satisfaction between these two systems of continuity of care. For that purpose, patients will be taken care of as usual by every palliative care network. In every instance where the patient or caregivers have reached out for medical help through the network's continuity of care system, the patient or caregiver will be called 5 days later by the investigation team to go through a satisfaction questionnaire (Likert scales)
The purpose of this study is to elaborate a multi-dimensional indicator of the quality in palliative care for patients of end-of-life. The study will, as secondary objectives: - elaborate in a standard manner one set of indicators of organization and inner working of a palliative care setting. - compare according to these indicators, the qualities of 3 types of palliative care: palliative care unit in hospitals, specified identified bed for palliative care patients and non-specified bed. - explore the relationship between organizational aspects and results in term of burden.
PARME study had 3 objectives: - To identify the specific number of incarcerated individuals with terminal illness in need of palliative care. - To describe the health and penal situation of these prisoners. - To analyse the situation of these ill prisoners especially in the context of suspended sentence for medical ground In order to answer these questions, the investigators used a mixed method research.
This study examines the effectiveness of an herbal mouthwash made from salvia in maintaining good oral health among patients in palliative care. It is hypothesized that using the mouthwash made from salvia will result in better oral health and more oral comfort than using with conventional normal saline mouthwash.
This is a 3 month open-label extension study that allows patients who completed Protocol MNTX 302 to receive SC MNTX.
This study is an open-label extension allowing patients who have completed Protocol MNTX 301 to continue to receive SC MNTX.