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Enhancing Caregiver Outcomes in Palliative Care (Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center, July/August, 2001)
Assisted Suicide: A Few Answers - Many Questions (The Gerontologist, August, 2001)
A Comparison of Characteristics of Kevorkian Euthanasia Cases and Physician-Assisted Suicides in Oregon (The Gerontologist, August, 2001)
Care-as-Service, Care-as-Relating, Care-as-Comfort: Understanding Nursing Home Residents' Definitions of Quality (The Gerontologist, August, 2001)
Psychological
Adjustment to Sudden and Anticipated Spousal Loss Among Older Widowed Persons (The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, August, 2001)
Spirituality and Medicine: A Proposal (JMCC, August, 2001)
Can the Patient Decide? Evaluating Patient Capacity in Practice (AAFP, August, 2001)
Trends in Causes of Death Among the Elderly (Aging Trends, August, 2001)
Diagnosing Disparities in Health Insurance for Women: A Prescription for Change (The Commonwealth Fund, August, 2001)
Patients Desire Euthanasia as a Means of Limiting Loss of Self (The Lancet, August 02, 2001)
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Reuters Health (Medscape)
Review:
Desire for Physician-Assisted Suicide: Requests for a Better Death? (The Lancet)
Origins of the Desire for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in People with HIV-1 or AIDS: A Qualitative Study (The Lancet, August 4, 2001)
ACP-ASIM Nix Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide (Reuters Health, August 06, 2001)
Dr. Christina Puchalski on "Integrating Spiritual Care into Medical Care at the End of Life", by Louise Levathes (The Washington Post, August 06, 2001)
Coping Skills Intervention Worthwhile for Parents With AIDS and Their Children (Reuters Health, August 07, 2001)
State High-Risk Insurance Pools of Limited Help to Medically Uninsurable: Access and Affordability Problems Highlight Shortcomings of Individual Health Insurance Market (The Commonwealth Fund, August 10, 2001)
Letter Series: New Beginning for Care for Elderly People (British Medical Journal, August 11, 2001)
EDITORIAL: Maintaining Older People's Dignity and Autonomy in Healthcare Settings (British Medical Journal, August 11, 2001)
Loss of Religious Faith May Increase Risk of Death (Reuters Health, August 13, 2001)
"When a 'Good Death' Isn't for Everyone," by Benedict Carey (Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2001)
"Last Days Needn't Be Spent in Agony," by Linda Marsa (Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2001)
"Putting Your Wishes in Writing," by Denise Hamilton (Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2001)
"Making a Final Request: Dying at Home Doesn't Just Happen," by Shari Roan (Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2001)
Editorials: The Challenge of Looking After People with Dementia (British Medical Journal, August 25, 2001)
Burden of Mental Illness Is Greater Among US Minorities (APA Convention, San Francisco, August 27, 2001)
Fear of Confidentiality Breach May Deter HIV-Infected Patients From Treatment (Reuters Health, August 27, 2001)
Ask the Experts on: Spinal Paralysis in Advanced AIDS (Medscape, August 30, 2001)
Drug-Resistant HIV Reaching Epidemic Proportions (Reuters Health, August 31, 2001)
"Pain" by Cindy Seiwert
Information on pain and pain-related links (HMS Beagle, August 31, 2001)
European Journal of Palliative Care (Aug. 2001)
Spiritual care on the rocks?
Malignant bowel obstruction
Modified-release opioids
A focus on hereditary diseases
Can medical paternalism ever be justified?
The myth of mercy killing
Between the living and the dead
Providing scope for creative growth in palliative care
The changing face of the day hospice
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