Sentences with phrase «of dying patients»

Writing on The Conversation, he argued that clarification of the current laws and an educational program about implementation of those laws could better alleviate the suffering of dying patients.

The book begins by considering some important legal cases concerning the rights of dying patients.

Consider the GOP staffer who insulted President Obama's daughters, the paramedic who took disgraceful pictures of dying patients, the assisted - living employee who posted a photo of a client on the toilet.

Why are chaplains allowed to waste the remaining valuable time of these dying patients who want to spend with their families?

his decision to convert had nothing to do with what he found, but what he experienced as a doctor of dying patients and his investigation of different beliefs.

Haveyou ever sat by the bedside of a dying patient — a father or mother, perhaps, or someone else you loved — and given the patient a little chipped ice?

«Hospice coordinators felt that EOL care had a positive impact on the general prison population as well as on dying prisoners because it promoted compassion and presented an alternative to the view of the prison system as entirely punitive — showing it to be more humane and caring, supportive of the dignity of the dying patient, and encouraging trust between prison staff and inmates,» wrote Wion and Loeb.

These developments reflect a growing distrust of the American health care system, with its reputation for using formidable technology to prolong the lives of dying patients, often against the wishes of relatives.

Unfortunately, families of dying patients are often critical of and report dissatisfaction with what they view as highly medicalized deaths.

The documentary follows a group of students enrolled in an elective class on hospice care that will teach them skills for taking care of dying patients and allow them to employ these skills as volunteers at a hospice care center.

On July 17, 2012, LRR donated a Petco gift card to The Hospice of Charles County Maryland who participating in a program known at Pet Peace of Mind which cares for the pets of dying patients currently in hospice care.

A somewhat little known and underappreciated first - person walking simulator, Ether One is a video game which places you in the mind of a dying patient as an «explorer» travelling through their memories whilst searching for the source of the problem.

Marie McInerney writes: A pillow shows the indent of a dying patient's resting head, capturing the traces of life after it has left.

And Kübler - Ross's theories did lay the foundation for the hospice movement, greatly ease the mental and physical suffering of dying patients and inspire those who care for them.