Sentences with phrase «as palliative»

With a Master's Degree in Psychology from the University of Delhi, India, I have worked as a Palliative Therapist with cancer patients and their families.

Downward social comparison has been categorized as palliative, and involves dealing with distress indirectly by coasting through those situations with no direct acknowledgment or attempt to solve them.

Radiation therapy may be considered as palliative treatment when hope of cure is small but where improvement in quality of life by reducing symptoms such as pain, bleeding or loss of function can be achieved.

For example, according to the authors, mild chamomile tea in the bird's water bowl offers a soothing aperitif following a bad «out - of - cage» experience with the family dog or as a palliative for feather picking.

LASER TECHNOLOGY: We now have the latest Companion K - laser available for surgery as well as palliative care after surgery.

Managing these and other chronic diseases is not the same as palliative care.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of Fosamax (alendronate) as a palliative therapy for osteosarcoma in Irish Wolfhounds.

I looked at it as a preventative measure as well as a palliative one.

Gord wrapped up the business in 2005, and June joined him in retirement the following year, after a long career as a palliative care nurse.

But as a cultural phenomenon, it's clearly something more — as well as a palliative for the traditional summertime agonies of our native screen.

That narrative slyness is especially welcome in Friedkin, acting as a palliative to the sensory overdose in which he habitually deals; such a contrast was nowhere to be seen in «Bug» (2006), a film that sent me straight from the cinema to the pharmacy in search of anti-itch cream, but we find it in the first half of «Killer Joe,» thanks to the title character.

We are using food, most of us, as palliative medicine for what hurts.

Uh — but in the meantime, it's just as a palliative.

He could be doing everything he can to give the appearance of a reversal, but avoiding the substance as a palliative to the robust Opt Out movement set to swing into high gear in the next few months.

This is known as palliative (pronounced pal - lee - ay - tiv or pal - yah - tiv) care.

I thank Michael Knower for his insightful «on - the - ground» report as a palliative care physician in Oregon, which affords him firsthand experience with the adverse effects of the law permitting assisted suicide.

The second temptation is so to emphasize the social action route that the ministry of service to persons and families is either neglected or regarded only as a palliative.

They offer tradition as palliative.

As a palliative care physician, BJ Miller is uniquely qualified to explore this topic.

This technical committee will be constituted to also consider suggestion and contributions from relevant parties on the component of the half trillion naira (N500 billion) provided in the 2016 annual budget as palliatives» measures to cushion the negative fall - out of the deregulation of the down - stream sector of the oil and gas industry.

Not exact matches

One thing that surprised me, is that most people who still have their wits at the end are very angry with their palliative care providers as they see the pain killers as fogging over that ability to feel and recognize and come to grips with those feelings, especially when they are trying to interact with another.

As an experienced palliative care nurse (who works in a faith - based hospital), I completely agree with you.

Then, too, Christians are convinced that the church can no longer play its traditional role in regard to the poor — the role of assistance, partial response, individual aid, palliative measures — because, as they see it, the problem is no longer that of the poor individual but of the system; and to ameliorate the situation of some poor people is in fact to reinforce the system, and to end injustice for one individual is to refrain from combating social injustice.

He would go on to become the most influential member of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, coauthor of The Federalist, the classic defense of that gathering's handiwork, and the primary sponsor of the Bill of Rights (which he viewed as a harmless palliative for such foes of the new regime as still remained).

In the West, there is increasing talk of triage... If the U.S. decides that the grant would simply go down the drain as a mere palliative because the recipient country was doing little to improve its food distribution or start a population control program, no help would be sent.

I doubt if such a presentation of the Christian gospel is other than a palliative for those who are insecure, as well as offering a sort of reassurance to people who have been induced (often by quite dubious techniques) to feel enormously guilty about themselves.

The law also identifies palliative care as an option, setting aside the fallacy that a horrible death and the supposedly humane option of assisted suicide are the only alternatives.

She currently manages two floors — a 43 - bed long - term / palliative care unit and a 43 - bed dementia unit — as a Clinical Nurse Manager at Rebekah Rehab and Extended Care Center in the Bronx.

In the Netherlands, with a similar law, healthcare is characterised by the emphasis on specialist palliative care as delivered in hospitals, hospices, day - centres and homes.

«PAAM wishes to condemn in clear terms the harassment being visited on party members by the governor who has been arm - twisting them across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state, forcing them to reject palliative Christmas gifts from other party chieftains while he, as a governor, has refused to help their cause.

Before the FDA approved nusinersen, which is marketed by Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals as Spinraza, the only care options were palliative care or supportive care, including physical therapy, respiratory help or assistive devices.

They have also found to be invaluable in palliative care to alleviate the severe, chronic, disabling pain of terminal conditions such as cancer.

This has prompted the launch of a new global taskforce, which aims to enhance overall healthcare systems, as well as improving vaccines, chemotherapy and palliative care.

But, he adds, clinicians need to develop more robust palliative care programs and focus on care outside the hospital, such as in doctor's offices and in the home.

Often, that medical treatment becomes purely palliative, meaning we manage the growth of the cancer and its effects on the body as well as we can, but we don't expect to cure the disease.

The analysis of the interviews also showed that most patients felt uncomfortable bringing the topic of palliative care up with healthcare professionals and their families as they did not want to burden other people with their concerns.

In addition, 30 % of patients who received the palliative care intervention reported discussing end - of - life care preferences, as opposed to 14 % of patients receiving standard care alone.

A randomized clinical trial found that introducing palliative care shortly after a diagnosis of certain metastatic cancers greatly increases a patient's coping abilities, as well as overall quality of life.

Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study is the first meta - analysis of the effect of palliative care as it relates to patients» quality of life, symptom burden and survival.

«The integration of palliative care, as a necessary and essential component of cancer care, is one that has been increasingly endorsed,» said Richard Riedel, M.D., lead author of the Duke study and medical director of Duke University Hospital's solid tumor inpatient service.

This is especially the case for countries with few resources, where the healthcare budget is low, with insufficient palliative care specialists and some drugs are unavailable as hospitals do not have the funds to buy them.»

«Until now, physicians have taken a «wait and see» approach to antiviral therapies following transplantation,» says Toor, a hematologist - oncologist in the Bone Marrow Transplant Program and member of the Developmental Therapeutics research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center as well as professor in the Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care at the VCU School of Medicine.

The study's findings suggest that early palliative consultations with the sickest patients may decrease unwanted aggressive end - of - life care, as well as shorten length of stays in hospital.

As the health care system in the United States continues to evolve, Reynolds has witnessed a move toward more palliative care, yet research on the topic is sparse.

When nursing directors know more about palliative care, nursing home patients have less likelihood of experiencing disruptive end - of - life efforts such as feeding tubes.

Most people Reynolds has surveyed are unable to accurately describe palliative care, which she describes as similar to hospice services but provided on an outpatient basis through community partners over a longer period of time.

Amid the many checks and balances described in detail, Dr. Li concludes: «Just as advocacy from outside mainstream medicine brought palliative care «from the margins to the centre», so has it brought MAiD into the mainstream of medicine.

In addition to her expert skill as a clinician, Dr. Frontera also has many research interests including identifying biomarkers and predictors of early brain injury and vasospasm / delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage and their impact on outcome; determining the efficacy of therapeutic strategies and developing guidelines for the management of patients with intracranial hemorrhage; evaluating the cost, length of stay, quality of life, functional and cognitive outcomes in a broader population of intracranial hemorrhage patients; developing guidelines for the integration of palliative care into the intensive care unit setting; and evaluating the relationship of Zika virus infection, Guillain - Barre, and other neurologic disorders.

The program will expand clinical care, education and research opportunities related to adults with chronic debilitating disease and poise the institution as a national leader in the emerging field of palliative care.

Our full - service geriatrics medicine program collaborates closely with specialty programs in such areas as heart failure, memory disorders, neurodegenerative disease, rheumatology, depression and anxiety, and palliative care.