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Objective: Numbers of people dying with cognitive impairment (intellectual disability (ID), dementia or delirium) are increasing. We aimed to examine a range of European national palliative care guidelines to determine if, and how well, pain detection and management for people dying with impaired cognition are covered. Methods: Questionnaires were sent to 14 country representatives of the European …

European palliative care guidelines: how well do they meet the needs of people with impaired cognition? Read More »

Background: Most hospitals in Israel do not provide palliative care beds and only few general hospitals have palliative consultation services. To date there are no data on the rate of hospitalizations and the need for palliative care in general hospitals in Israel. Objective: The objective was to characterize patients in need of palliative treatment during hospitalization in …

Evaluating the Need for Palliative Care Services at a General Hospital in Israel Read More »

Context: There is need for tools to help detect pain or lack of comfort in persons unable to communicate. However, pain and (dis)comfort tools have not been compared, and it is unclear to what extent they discriminate between pain and other possible sources of discomfort, or even if items differ. Objectives: To map and compare items in …

Tools to Assess Pain or Lack of Comfort in Dementia: A Content Analysis Read More »

Context: Exposure to human suffering may have ramifications for the professional quality of life (ProQol) of palliative care teams. The ProQol scale was designed to assess both negative and positive work-related outcomes and has been used recently for the evaluation of work-related outcomes among palliative care workers. However, the assessment of ProQol among Israeli hospice workers …

Psychometric Characteristics of the Hebrew Version of the Professional Quality-of-Life Scale Read More »

Background: Exposure to the death and dying of others is an anxiety-provoking condition that can contribute to psychological stress. However, the results of empirical studies that evaluated work-related outcomes among physicians and nurses with repeated exposure to dying patients are not consistent. Objective: Our aim was to evaluate whether a high level of exposure to death …

Association between level of exposure to death and dying and professional quality of life among palliative care workers Read More »

Background: In this study we aimed to evaluate Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities of primary care physicians.Methods: An e-mail questionnaire, based on the Jefferson Scale of Physician Life Long Learning (JSPLL), was sent to hospital- and community-based physicians in the Negev District.Results: Eighty eight hospital-based physicians (38% response rate) and 118 community-based physicians (31% response) participated …

Continuing Medical Education for Community and Hospital Physicians in Israel Read More »

Background: There are no published studies on notification of death by a next of kin to the treating medical staff. Aim: To explore the content and circumstances of death notifications by next of kin to the treating medical staff in a palliative home care unit. Design: A cross-sectional study that combines qualitative and quantitative analysis. Setting: Assessment of 153 …

Next of Kin’s Notification of Patient’s Death: A Qualitative and Quantitative Preliminary Analysis Read More »

Context: Exposure to dying patients can contribute to secondary traumatic stress (STS) among palliative care workers. Peritraumatic dissociation (PETD), an individual’s personal proneness to dissociation during exposure to a stressful event, is the strongest predictor of post-traumatic stress, but existing research on its relationship to STS is limited. Objective: To compare the level of STS among palliative …

Secondary Traumatization and Proneness to Dissociation Among Palliative Care Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study Read More »