1 wledge of the use of pain medications in the
terminally ill.
2 gher among patients who recognized they were
terminally ill (
74%, 90 of 121 patients; P = .05).
3 We interviewed
terminally ill adults and their care givers in six rando
4 developed premature signs of ALS and became
terminally ill after approximately 100 days, which is 20
5 The harrowing picture of emaciated
terminally ill AIDS patients is a reminder of our lack o
6 ients are less likely to consider themselves
terminally ill and more likely to want intensive treatme
7 or reflect both common issues in helping the
terminally ill and unique problems in working with a phy
8 In all
terminally ill animals, there was significant biventricu
9 comparable with those seen in the brains of
terminally ill animals, whereas one clinically ill anima
10 treatment decisions for otherwise identical
terminally ill black and white elders despite believing
11 Desire for hastened death among
terminally ill cancer patients is not uncommon.
12 regarding prognosis communication with their
terminally ill cancer patients was mailed to a systemati
13 hether the attitudes about euthanasia/PAS of
terminally ill cancer patients were determined by their
14 dration decreased symptoms of dehydration in
terminally ill cancer patients who had decreased fluid i
15 eral hydration on overall symptom control in
terminally ill cancer patients with dehydration.
16 about how physicians discuss prognosis with
terminally ill cancer patients.
17 impact on the attitudes about euthanasia of
terminally ill cancer patients.
18 eing, depression, and end-of-life despair in
terminally-ill cancer patients.
19 with increased morbidity in patients who are
terminally ill,
causing distress for patients, family me
20 The viewpoint of the
terminally ill child at the time of an end-of-life decis
21 ttle is known about how couples care for the
terminally ill child with cancer.
22 old or withdraw medical treatment from a non-
terminally ill child, but only if the child will lack ca
23 ut remain poorly understood among those with
terminally ill children.
24 BALB/cJ mice became
terminally ill earlier and with higher frequency than C5
25 symptoms, cancer, neoplasm, palliative care,
terminally ill,
end-of-life care, and survival.
26 Results Patients who reported a
terminally ill health status had worse QOL (unstandardiz
27 .78; P < .001) among patients who reported a
terminally ill health status.
28 Terminally ill insulin-deficient rodents with uncontroll
29 Human AML cells from
terminally ill mice treated with chemotherapy (chemoAML)
30 wing of artificial fluids and nutrition from
terminally ill or permanently unconscious patients is il
31 and among patients who were aware they were
terminally ill (
OR = 3.94; P = .0005).
32 enter a research study (eg, known dementia,
terminally ill,
or recently bereaved).
33 In 1998, 15
terminally ill Oregon residents ended their lives with o
34 We have previously reported data on
terminally ill Oregon residents who received prescriptio
35 We collected data on all
terminally ill Oregon residents who received prescriptio
36 ed physician-assisted suicide for competent,
terminally ill Oregonians, but little is known about the
37 st by a primary care physician to evaluate a
terminally ill patient desiring assisted suicide.
38 hanasia and physician-assisted suicide for a
terminally ill patient with prostate cancer who has unre
39 the use of physician-assisted suicide for a
terminally ill patient with unremitting pain and 6.5% su
40 he will be criminally prosecuted; (6) when a
terminally ill patient's suffering is overwhelming despi
41 ion to relieve pain or other discomfort in a
terminally ill patient, resulting in death, he/she will
42 inistration of a high dose of an opiate to a
terminally ill patient.
43 sions for an acutely unstable critically and
terminally ill patient.
44 were 158 physicians caring for at least one
terminally ill patient.
45 The
terminally ill patients also completed the Schedule of A
46 It commences during palliative care of
terminally ill patients and continues into bereavement.
47 rvention improved most HR-QoL measures among
terminally ill patients and satisfaction among non-termi
48 hological distress often causes suffering in
terminally ill patients and their families and poses cha
49 suicide are important issues in the care of
terminally ill patients and while oncology patients expe
50 ata on the effectiveness of interventions in
terminally ill patients are lacking.
51 This is especially true when
terminally ill patients are ready to die in the face of
52 Terminally ill patients commonly experience substantial
53 w decisions are made when the preferences of
terminally ill patients conflict with physicians' recomm
54 Understanding why some
terminally ill patients desire a hastened death has beco
55 Many
terminally ill patients enroll in a hospice late in thei
56 Although half of
terminally ill patients experienced moderate to severe p
57 We interviewed 988
terminally ill patients from six randomly selected US si
58 courts of appeals have ruled that competent,
terminally ill patients have a constitutional right to p
59 Fewer than 50% of severely or
terminally ill patients have an advance directive in the
60 Understanding of prognosis among
terminally ill patients impacts medical decision making.
61 le of 28 nurses who have been taking care of
terminally ill patients in a cancer hospital in Tianjin,
62 ncrease the dose of intravenous morphine for
terminally ill patients in excruciating pain (odds ratio
63 Diagnosing and treating depression in
terminally ill patients involve unique challenges.
64 rticipation of physicians in the suicides of
terminally ill patients is increasing, and the concrete
65 Although
terminally ill patients often have suicidal thoughts, th
66 In addition, a small percentage of
terminally ill patients receiving comprehensive care rea
67 are no data on the attitudes and desires of
terminally ill patients regarding these issues.
68 Most Oregon physicians who care for
terminally ill patients report that since 1994 they have
69 496 (50%)
terminally ill patients reported moderate or severe pain
70 In this survey, a small proportion of
terminally ill patients seriously considered euthanasia
71 ugh 98% said their usual practice is to tell
terminally ill patients that they will die, 48% specific
72 oncologists report routinely informing their
terminally ill patients that they will die.
73 cribe medications to be self-administered by
terminally ill patients to hasten their death.
74 Eighty-four percent referred
terminally ill patients usually/always, but generally fo
75 rts' ruling: their assertion that competent,
terminally ill patients who are being kept alive on life
76 on life support are equivalent to competent,
terminally ill patients who do not require such support.
77 At the follow-up interview, half of the
terminally ill patients who had considered euthanasia or
78 Participants included
terminally ill patients who were 55 years or older with
79 lternative to physician-assisted suicide for
terminally ill patients who wish to hasten death.
80 wer use of high-technology interventions for
terminally ill patients will produce significant cost sa
81 iative medicine provides end-of-life care to
terminally ill patients with a focus on pain and symptom
82 uated for its tolerability and usefulness in
terminally ill patients with advanced IPF.
83 hological issues facing elderly patients and
terminally ill patients with cancer, less is known about
84 ny options that can be freely considered for
terminally ill patients with extreme suffering.
85 horts: an autopsy cohort (n = 68) comprising
terminally ill patients with postmortem confirmation of
86 Support of
terminally ill patients' spiritual needs by the medical
87 Of the 988
terminally ill patients, 59.4 percent were over the age
88 Of the 2094 respondents who cared for
terminally ill patients, 76% reported that they made eff
89 Of the 988
terminally ill patients, a total of 60.2% supported euth
90 To manage delirium in
terminally ill patients, clinicians must be able to diag
91 In our survey of
terminally ill patients, family members, usually women,
92 s can mediate impressive tumor regression in
terminally ill patients.
93 thus inappropriately treated or untreated in
terminally ill patients.
94 ed the survival and quality of life of these
terminally ill patients.
95 ally ill patients and satisfaction among non-
terminally ill patients.
96 e a low threshold for treating depression in
terminally ill patients.
97 rfere with the quality of remaining life for
terminally ill patients.
98 nt or relatives is reasonable and ethical in
terminally ill patients.
99 sisted suicide, but the process might burden
terminally ill patients.
100 ss the critical issue of palliative care for
terminally ill patients.
101 and communication issues for critically and
terminally ill patients.
102 n a clinically plausible view of the care of
terminally ill patients.
103 ourts' reasoning might undermine the care of
terminally ill patients.
104 in specialties likely to involve the care of
terminally ill patients: 500 in the spring of 1994, 500
105 re legalizing physician-assisted suicide for
terminally ill persons, the authors surveyed psychiatris
106 marginally less likely to acknowledge their
terminally ill status (white patients, 39% v Hispanic pa
107 sider a situation futile when the patient is
terminally ill,
the condition is irreversible, and death
108 ion of extraneuronal PrPSc to levels seen in
terminally ill wild-type animals.
109 ever, some patients who were aware they were
terminally ill wished to receive life-extending care (17