dc.contributor.author | Button, Elise | |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, Raymond | |
dc.contributor.author | Chambers, Shirley | |
dc.contributor.author | Butler, Jason | |
dc.contributor.author | Yates, Patsy | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-11T23:32:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-11T23:32:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0190-535X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1188/16.ONF.E178-E187 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/408834 | |
dc.description.abstract | Problem Identification: Identifying people with hematologic cancer who are at risk of deteriorating and dying is essential to enable open, honest discussions, leading to appropriate decision making and effective end-of-life care. Literature Search: PubMed, CINAHL®, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched from January 2005 to December 2015 for descriptive observational studies. Data Evaluation: Critique of the studies was guided by the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Cohort Study Checklist. Synthesis: Twelve studies were included. The majority of studies (n = 8) sampled patients from palliative populations, and most were retrospective (n = 11). A number of signs, symptoms, and characteristics associated with end of life in people with a hematolgic malignancy were identified, including pain, hematopoietic dysfunction, dyspnea, and reduced oral intake. Conclusions: The studies described a clinical scenario of deterioration, largely in a palliative population. Findings indicate that people with a hematologic malignancy share certain clinical signs of deterioration with other populations and receive a high level of medical interventions at the end of life. Implications for Practice: Nurses are well positioned to identify many of the signs, symptoms, and characteristics found in this review and can play a key role in identifying when a person is nearing the end of life. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | ONCOLOGY NURSING SOC | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | E178 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | E187 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 5 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Oncology Nursing Forum | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 43 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Nursing | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4205 | |
dc.subject.keywords | Science & Technology | |
dc.subject.keywords | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | |
dc.subject.keywords | Oncology | |
dc.subject.keywords | Nursing | |
dc.subject.keywords | hematologic malignancies | |
dc.title | Signs, Symptoms, and Characteristics Associated With End of Life in People With a Hematologic Malignancy: A Review of the Literature | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Button, E; Chan, R; Chambers, S; Butler, J; Yates, P, Signs, Symptoms, and Characteristics Associated With End of Life in People With a Hematologic Malignancy: A Review of the Literature, Oncology Nursing Forum, 2016, 43 (5), pp. E178-E187 | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-10-11T23:31:27Z | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Chan, Ray | |