Essays about: "end of life care"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 66 essays containing the words end of life care.

  1. 21. Palliative Home Care : Nurses’ Experiences and Perceptions in Providing care - A literature review

    University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

    Author : Kanitta Damrongkiattivej; Kim Oanh Nguyen Lundell; [2020]
    Keywords : dying patients; literature review; nurses experience; nurses’ perception; palliative home care; the end of life; döende patienter; litteraturöversikt; sjuksköterskans erfarenhet; sjuksköterskans perceptioner; palliativ hemsjukvård; patienter i livets slut skede;

    Abstract : Background: Demands to be cared for and die at home are increasing nowadays. The holistic approach of palliative care is to emphasize on alleviating physical and psychological distresses and psychosocial support to patients and their families. READ MORE

  3. 22. State-Of-The-Art on eHealth@home System Architectures

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Benjamin Heravi; [2019]
    Keywords : EHealth; Wireless; eHealth security; cloud services;

    Abstract : With growing life expectancy and decreasing of fertility rates, demands of additional healthcare services is increasing day by day. This results in a rising need for additional healthcare services which leads to more medical care costs. Modern technology can play an important role to reduce the healthcare costs. READ MORE

  4. 23. Medicine calendar : A Design Solution to Help the Chinese Elderly Improve Their Experience of Taking Medicine

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : xueyi yu; [2019]
    Keywords : Elderly people; Medicine; Sustainability; Calendar; Design;

    Abstract : Population aging is occurring all over the world as fertility declines and life expectancy rises.China, as the developing country with the largest population, is also experiencing thisphenomenon. However, the pension insurance system and health care system for theelderly has not been developed well enough. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Burden of Plastic Generation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Yihao Xiao; [2019]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Plastic pollution is not a new thing, not a new thing at all. Actually, concern about plastic had been growing date back to 1960s, almost 60 years ago, when the plastic debris in the ocean was first observed, but now the global plastic production is still increasing, as well as the amount of the plastic waste that enters the ocean every year. READ MORE

  6. 25. Arguments for and against palliative sedation : - an ethical reflection

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Tove Åström; [2019]
    Keywords : palliative sedation; euthanasia; autonomy; beneficence; non-maleficence;

    Abstract : Introduction: Palliative sedation is the use of sedatives to lower the alertness for symptomcontrol, when suffering is otherwise uncontrollable. Its role in palliative care is frequentlyargued, with both proponents and opponents. READ MORE