Background: Breast and cervical/uterine cancer affect body parts that have symbolic meaning for women.Women with this diagnosis at the end-of-life often experience anxiety and depression that severely impacts their quality ...

Cancer has become a global pandemic with disproportionately higher mortality rates in low- and middle- income countries, where a large fraction of patients present in advanced stages and in need of end-of-life care. Globally, ...

Understanding the product`s `end-of-life` is important to reduce the environmental impact of the products` final disposal. When the initial stages of product development consider end-of-life aspects, which can be established ...

Ethical problems in medicine are common, especially when caring for patients at the end of life. However, many of these issues are not adequately identified in the outpatient setting. Primary care providers are in a unique ...

The purpose of this study is to determine empirically the state of the art of the medical care, when healthcare personal is confrinted with ethical dilemmas related with the care they give to the geriatric population.

Many are the applications that use energy stored in lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries to power themselves. Without a doubt this type of energy storage device has changed the way of living. However, a major concern regarding ...

This article has 3 goals: To describe the attitudes and experiences of staff on end-of-life care treatment of dying persons, to examine how the staff view their terminally ill patients, and to gather professionals' opinions ...