[HTML][HTML] Pain assessment tools: is the content appropriate for use in palliative care?

JC Hølen, MJ Hjermstad, JH Loge, PM Fayers… - Journal of pain and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Inadequate pain assessment prevents optimal treatment in palliative care. The content of
pain assessment tools might limit their usefulness for proper pain assessment, but data on …

Funding models in palliative care: lessons from international experience

EI Groeneveld, JB Cassel, C Bausewein… - Palliative …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Funding models influence provision and development of palliative care
services. As palliative care integrates into mainstream health care provision, opportunities to …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing quality palliative care

FD Ferris, X Gómez-Batiste, CJ Fürst… - Journal of pain and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Quality palliative care is of interest to everyone who is receiving or providing care. The
quality of the care that is provided depends on everyone's understanding of the underlying …

The psychometric properties of the Swedish Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory MFI-20 in four different populations

C Lundh Hagelin, Y Wengström, S Runesdotter… - Acta …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) scale is widely used for measuring fatigue
in cancer care. This questionnaire has been translated into Swedish and used in Swedish …

The perspectives of bereaved family members on their experiences of support in palliative care

T Lundberg, M Olsson, CJ Fürst - International journal of …, 2013 - magonlinelibrary.com
Aim: To explore family members' supportive interactions in palliative care and the emotional
experiences that they associate with these interactions. Methods: Qualitative individual …

Team interactions in specialized palliative care teams: a qualitative study

A Klarare, CL Hagelin, CJ Fürst… - Journal of palliative …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Background: Teamwork is a standard of care in palliative care and that is emphasized by
leading organizations. When interdisciplinary teams communicate their varied assessments …

Suicide among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

F Fang, U Valdimarsdóttir, CJ Fürst, C Hultman, K Fall… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Studies on the suicide risk among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in
countries without legalized euthanasia or assisted suicide are important additions to data on …

Awareness of husband's impending death from cancer and long-term anxiety in widowhood: a nationwide follow-up

U Valdimarsdóttir, ÁR Helgason, CJ Fürst… - Palliative …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: We investigated the predictors and long-term consequences of awareness time—
the length of time a woman is aware of her husband's impending death from cancer …

Short‐term and long‐term effects of a psycho‐educational group intervention for family caregivers in palliative home care–results from a randomized control trial

M Holm, K Årestedt, I Carlander, CJ Fürst… - Psycho …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Family caregivers in cancer and palliative care often face heavy responsibilities
and feel insufficiently prepared for the situation as caregivers. This study evaluates short …

Experiences of security and continuity of care: Patients' and families' narratives about the work of specialized palliative home care teams

A Klarare, BH Rasmussen, B Fossum… - … & supportive care, 2017 - cambridge.org
Background: Those who are seriously ill and facing death are often living with physical,
emotional, social, and spiritual suffering. Teamwork is considered to be necessary to …