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The responsibility to quench thirst by providing drinks when a relative is dying spouses’ experience in specialist palliative home care

BACKGROUND: Thirst and dry mouth are common symptoms in terminally ill patients. It is known that family members usually request drips for their dying relative. Few studies have focused on thirst in terminally ill patients and their spouses’ experience of this, leading to a knowledge gap in this are...

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Autores principales: Friedrichsen, Maria, Waldréus, Nana, Milovanovic, Micha, Schaller, Anne Söderlund, Jaarsma, Pier, Jaarsma, Tiny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10658994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37981710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01306-1