Concepts and Definitions for “Actively Dying,” “End of Life,” “Terminally Ill,” “Terminal Care,” and “Transition of Care”: A Systematic Review

The terms “actively dying,” “end of life,” “terminally ill,” “terminal care,” and “transition of care” are commonly used but rarely and inconsistently defined. We conducted a systematic review to examine the concepts and definitions for these terms. We searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, and CINAHL...

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Published in:	Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 77 - 89
Main Authors:	Hui, David, Nooruddin, Zohra, Didwaniya, Neha, Dev, Rony, De La Cruz, Maxine, Kim, Sun Hyun, Kwon, Jung Hye, Hutchins, Ronald, Liem, Christiana, Bruera, Eduardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2014
Subjects:	Actively dying Anesthesia & Perioperative Care Dying end of life End of life decisions Humans Models, Theoretical Pain Medicine Palliative Care systematic review Terminal Care Terminally Ill Terminally ill people terminology Terminology as Topic transition of care Web sites end of life terminology Actively dying terminally ill terminal care systematic review transition of care
ISSN:	0885-3924, 1873-6513, 1873-6513
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