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Next of kin clinics: a new role for the pathologist.
The loss of a close relative is one of the most distressing aspects of human experience, particularly when death is sudden and unexpected and apparently inexplicable. In such circumstances, neither the clinician attempting resuscitation nor the general practitioner, who may not have seen the deceased for some time, is well placed to explain to relatives how their loved one died. The general pra...
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BACKGROUND Next of kin (NoK) play a crucial role for patients waiting for cardiac surgery. AIM To describe experience of support, in the form of important events, by next of kin while their intimates were waiting for a heart operation. METHODS The design was qualitative and the "critical incident" technique was used. Incidents were collected via interviews with 23 next of kin to patients wa...
متن کاملEvaluation of quality of life of breast cancer patient next- of-kin in Turkey.
INTRODUCTION Quality of life (QoL) issues are of importance in relatives of women with breast cancer (BC)as caregivers in neglecting their own needs due to care of a patient and also as women regarding the potential risk of themselves developing BC. The objectives in the present study were to compare the QoL of female relatives of women in treatment for breast cancer. To date, no study had exam...
متن کاملParticipation of next of kin in research following sudden, unexpected death of a child.
OBJECTIVE To assess parents' perceptions of their experience being interviewed after the sudden, unexpected death of their child. DESIGN Case-control study in which cases were victims of unintentional drowning. SETTING Households of recent drowning victims in 6 states in the United States. PARTICIPANTS Caregivers (primarily parents) of 87 cases and 491 matched controls were interviewed vi...
متن کاملBeing a Next of Kin—Experiences of Burden and Quality of Life
Aim and Objectives: To increase the understanding of next of kin’s life situation in the context of supporting persons who are long term ill, disabled and/or older by describing their experienced burden and quality of life and also the relationship between QoL, burden and socioeconomic variables. Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive and correlative design. Eighty-four next of kin answered two ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.53.8.646