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Over the past decade, hospice and palliative care in Japan have progressed rapidly under the national policies supported by the Cancer Control Act. The numbers of palliative care units/inpatient hospices,...
Although Korea was the first country to provide hospice services in Asia, in 1965, a hospice-palliative care system has not yet been firmly established. Because of controversies surrounding end-of-life decision-making,...
The importance of palliative care for terminal cancer patients has been emphasized globally. Korea has formulated and implemented its policy for cancer control as it drew up a 10-year plan...
Korean hospice care has been greatly developed in a short period of time, thanks to help of foreign specialists and aids from developed countries. With enormous growth in economy, Korea...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore the level of occupational stress and emotional intelligence in hospice volunteers.
METHODS: Participants were 158 hospice volunteers at hospitals in B city....
According to the advance of antiretroviral regimen and the early treatment strategy, people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) are achieving the goal of virologic suppression and immune restoration. Most...
OBJECTIVES: The demand for hospice has been increasing among patients with cancer. This study examined the current hospice referral scenario for terminally ill cancer patients and created a data form...
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of a two-week palliative care education program on Korean Hospice volunteers.
METHODS: A total of 71 volunteers were assigned to two groups:...
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to analyze a trend in studies of hospice care in Korea and to suggest future research directions.
METHODS: This study analyzed a total of 183 studies...
Nearly 20 years after the Boramea Hospital case, the act on decisions on life-sustaining treatment for patients in hospice and palliative care or at the end of life has taken...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of hospice unit practice education on spiritual well-being, attitude to death, and hospice awareness of nursing students.
METHODS: This study...
PURPOSE: This study was done to investigate the effects of pilocarpine mouth care on the condition and discomfort of the oral cavity in patients with terminal cancer.
METHOD: A quasi-experimental design...
Hospice palliative care does not aim at the artificial prolongation or artificial hastening of human lives. It helps terminal patients to face the natural end of their lives comfortably, by...
PURPOSE: Dignity therapy is a very effective intervention to improve the dignity of end-stage patients. A concept analysis by Walker and Avant (2005) was adopted to define, describe, and delimitate...