Eliciting and honouring end-of-life care preferences : a multiple methods study on place of death by Tan, Woan Shin

“…This dissertation aimed to explore the complex contextual factors involved in eliciting end-of-life care preferences and to identify facilitators and barriers of home deaths in Singapore with a specific focus on the impact of Advance Care Planning (ACP). …”
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Can liaison neurology add value to patient care within a mental health setting? by Ward, JH, Sargent, B, Bale, R, Klein, JC, Harrison, PJ, Lennox, B, Al-Diwani, A, Handel, AE

Molluscum contagiosum and associations with atopic eczema in children: a retrospective longitudinal study in primary care by Olsen, JR, Piguet, V, Gallacher, J, Francis, NA

“…Consultation rates and current management in primary care, and how these have changed over time, are poorly described. …”

‘It's the little things that count’: healthcare professionals’ views on delivering dignified care: a qualitative study by Williams, V, Kinnear, D, Victor, C

“…<p><b>Aims</b></p> To explore healthcare professionals’ perspectives of dignified care and experiences of providing care. <p><b>Background</b></p> Although ‘care’ and dignity in care are seen as central to the delivery of good care by patients, families and professionals, we still lack a clear understanding of what these, often contested and elusive concepts, mean in the practice setting, particularly from the perspective of healthcare professionals. …”

Health economic aspects of childhood excess weight by Onyimadu, O

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Community health workers: efficacy, taxonomy, and performance by Ballard, M

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“I decide myself” - a qualitative exploration of end of life decision making processes of patients and caregivers through Advance Care Planning by Lall, Priya, Dutta, Oindrila, Tan, Woan Shin, Patinadan, Paul Victor, Kang, Natalie Q. Y., Low, Chan Kee, Car, Josip, Ho, Andy Hau Yan

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GP-OSMOTIC trial protocol : an individually randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of retrospective continuous glucose monitoring (r-CGM) on HbA1c in adults with type... by Furler, John, O’Neal, David Norman, Speight, Jane, Blackberry, Irene, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne, Thuraisingam, Sharmala, de La Rue, Katie, Ginnivan, Louise, Browne, Jessica Lea, Holmes-Truscott, Elizabeth, Khunti, Kamlesh, Dalziel, Kim, Chiang, Jason, Audehm, Ralph, Kennedy, Mark, Clark, Malcolm, Jenkins, Alicia Josephine, Liew, Danny, Clarke, Philip, Best, James

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Ten pressure points in primary care during COVID-19: findings from an international narrative review by Dykgraaf, SH, Parkinson, A, Wright, M, Wong, WCW, Desborough, J, Ball, L, Sturgiss, E, Dut, GM, Barnes, K, Butler, D, Davis, S, Douglas, K, Kendir, C, Martin, D, Marten, R, Rouleau, K, Barkley, S, de Toca, L, Kidd, M

“…Background: Strong primary care (PC) services are the foundation of high-performing health care systems and can support effective responses to public health emergencies. …”

Shift work: the impact on sleep quality Among critical care nurses in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Jaafar, Nor Rasidah Mohd

“…A total number of 69 critical care nurses from the critical care wards, HUSM who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were involved in this study. …”
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Knowledge and attitude towards palliative care among undergraduate nursing students at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) by Join, Erra Venessa

“…This study investigates the knowledge and attitudes toward palliative care among final-year undergraduate nursing students at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). …”
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Talk2Care: An LLM-based Voice Assistant for Communication between Healthcare Providers and Older Adults by Yang, Ziqi, Xu, Xuhai, Yao, Bingsheng, Rogers, Ethan, Zhang, Shao, Intille, Stephen, Shara, Nawar, Gao, Guodong Gordon, Wang, Dakuo

“…The results showed that Talk2Care could facilitate the communication process, enrich the health information collected from older adults, and considerably save providers' efforts and time. …”
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The Distance Between Us: Exploring the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Through the Soundscape of Biometric Monitoring by Lecamwasam, Kimaya

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HST.184 Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor Settings, Spring 2011 by Fraser, Hamish, Celi, Leo, Szolovits, Peter

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation : epidemiological and molecular characteristics in an acute-care tertiary hospital in Singapore by Htun, Htet Lin, Kyaw, Win Mar, de Sessions, Paola Flórez, Low, Louie, Hibberd, Martin Lloyd, Chow, Angela, Leo, Yee Sin

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study at an acute-care tertiary infectious diseases hospital of MRSA isolates identified through routine surveillance from January 2009 to December 2011. …”
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Environmental contamination in a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) intensive care unit—what is the risk? by Ong, Sean Wei Xiang, Lee, Pei Hua, Tan, Yian Kim, Ling, Li Min, Ho, Benjamin Choon Heng, Ng, Ching Ging, Wang, Dong Ling, Tan, Boon Huan, Leo, Yee Sin, Ng, Oon Tek, Wong, Michelle Su Yen, Marimuthu, Kalisvar

“…The risk of environmental contamination by severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is unclear. We evaluated the extent of environmental contamination in the ICU and correlated this with patient and disease factors, including the impact of different ventilatory modalities.…”
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Rationally trust, but emotionally? The roles of cognitive and affective trust in laypeople's acceptance of AI for preventive care operations by Kyung, Nakyung, Kwon, Eric Hyeokkoo

“…Nevertheless, particularly in the context of preventive care, little is known about how laypeople perceive and accept AI and change their behavior accordingly. …”
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Transitioning naturally into end-of-life talk in advance care planning consultations: a conversation-analytic study by Quek, Dorothy Shengrei

“…Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a discussion that is conducted between a trained facilitator, a patient, and their next-of-kin (NOK) on patient end-of-life (EOL) decisions and preferences. …”
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Integrated ECG-PCG module for distributed diagnosis and home health care (D2H2) by Kanthimathi Srinivasan Kalyani.

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Worth the upgrade? : A preliminary study on diabetes self-care support functions in freemium health apps by Thai, My Linh

“…Health apps hold enormous potential to improve chronic diseases care particularly diabetes, yet are hampered by poor regulations and comprehensive research efforts. …”
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