Search Results - "Bascom, P B"

Case report: hepatic hydrothorax without ascites by Kirsch, C M, Chui, D W, Yenokida, G G, Jensen, W A, Bascom, P B

“…Pleural effusion due to hepatic cirrhosis and ascites is well known. We describe three patients with right-sided hepatic hydrothorax in the absence of ascites…”
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Care of the family when the patient is dying by Bascom, P B, Tolle, S W

“…Families shoulder many burdens during terminal illness. Their needs grow and change as their loved one's illness progresses. We describe specific physician…”
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Pulmonary medicine and palliative care by Tucakovic, Milos, Bascom, Rebecca, Bascom, Paul B

“…Gynaecological malignancies affect the respiratory system both directly and indirectly. Malignant pleural effusion is a poor prognostic factor: management…”
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Caring for the terminally Ill by Bascom, P B, Tolle, S W, Cassel, C K

“…More than 50% of dying patients do not receive adequate symptomatic relief. Fear of hastening death is the primary reason for physicians' reluctance to…”
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Communication between physicians and surviving spouses following patient deaths by Tolle, S W, Bascom, P B, Hickam, D H, Benson, Jr, J A

“…The authors evaluated the perceptions and adjustments of surviving spouses following patient deaths. Of 128 married patients dying in a university hospital in…”
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Responding to Requests for Physician-Assisted Suicide: "These Are Uncharted Waters for Both of Us. . . ." by Bascom, Paul B, Tolle, Susan W

“…Studies of dying patients have shown that about half would like the option of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) to be available for possible future use. Those…”
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A hospital-based comfort care team: consultation for seriously ill and dying patients by Bascom, P B

“…Access to hospice and palliative care services has been limited primarily to patients in the final stages of malignant terminal illness. Many have recognized…”
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Survival, mortality, and location of death for patients seen by a hospital-based palliative care team by Fromme, Erik K, Bascom, Paul B, Smith, M D, Tolle, Susan W, Hanson, Lissi, Hickam, David H, Osborne, Molly L

“…Little is known about patient outcomes after discharge planning by inpatient palliative care teams. A major difficulty is that successful discharge planning…”
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A Patient Requesting Physician-Assisted Suicide by Werth, Jr, James L, Benjamin, G. Andrew H, Fenn, Darien S, Gordon, Judith R

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A Patient Requesting Physician-Assisted Suicide—Reply by Bascom, Paul B, Tolle, Susan W

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