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Background: Art therapy offers a creative outlet for patients in palliative and hospice care to express emotions, manage distress and enhance wellbeing by addressing physical, emotional and spiritual challenges.
Aims: This review evaluates the effectiveness, challenges and outcomes of art therapy in improving the quality of life for patients in palliative and hospice care.
Methods: An integrative review.
Curr Radiopharm
January 2025
Apollonia" University of Iasi, Faculty of Dental Medicine, 11 Pacurari Str., 700511, Iasi, Romania.
Background: In the context of modern oncology, radiogenic elements have emerged as pivotal tools for targeted cancer therapies. Elements like Iodine-131 and Yttrium-90 offer unique radiological properties that allow precise treatment delivery. This article explores their growing importance and potential in reshaping the landscape of cancer therapy.
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December 2024
College of Nursing, South Dakota State University.
The population is aging, especially in rural areas where people experience higher rates of mortality and chronic illness as well as greater distances to care, including specialty care. Since there is a lack of access to specialty palliative care, all clinicians must be trained to provide the fundamentals of palliative care to improve quality of life and limit suffering. Numerous options are available for clinicians to be trained in palliative care.
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January 2025
Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell (CAR-T) therapy is an effective therapy and promising frontier in the treatment of hematologic malignancies. However, this revolutionary treatment has led to new challenges for patients, caregivers, and the healthcare system. In this review article, we discuss the various difficulties patients face both in the acute and long-term period following CAR-T infusion.
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January 2025
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department,, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) is a model of nurse-led, early palliative care that was originally developed for U.S. patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers and then adapted for patients with heart failure.
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