Researchers have identified the needs of family members of critically ill adults, explored their experiences, and investigated interventions. To address a gap in the theoretical knowledge about how nurses help these individuals, the authors developed a grounded theory of nursing support from the perspective of family members. Results indicated that family members were initiated into a cycle of ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the supportive care needs of melanoma patients and survivors in Canada. Thirty-one melanoma patients and survivors completed the Supportive Needs Questionnaire--Melanoma Supplementary Module in addition to questions pertaining to information delivery and screening behaviour. Results demonstrated that the majority of patients in the study are having the...

Progress in cancer treatment has brought with it challenges that go beyond cure. Toxicities and morbidity are among the biggest hurdles for a cancer patient to face while hoping for the end of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Important advances have been made in the science of supportive care to address cancer treatment toxicities and complications. Nausea and vomiting, bone complications, ho...

Amitraz is a triazapentadiene, an α2 adrenergic agonist and a member of the amidine chemical family. A limited number of human intoxication cases have been published in the literature. Lack of a clear and specific protocol for the therapy of amitraz intoxication may make its successfully managed case reports useful and valuable for other clinical practitioners in poisoning departments. The case...

In this paper, we describe and discuss solutions capable of helping in the development of supportive multimodal user interfaces. Based on the specifications and design of European Union funded project GUIDE (Gentle User Interfaces for Elderly People), we show how it is possible to use several modalities of interaction as well as adapting UIs, as a mean of providing users with ideal interaction ...

Supportive communication has conventional tremendous attention for wireless networks. Most existing works on supportive infrastructure are focused on linklevel corporeal layer issues. Consequently, the impacts of supportive infrastructure on network-level upper layer issues, such as topology control, map-reading and network capacity, are largely disregarded. In this article, we propose a Capaci...