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A Good Death
The Institute of Medicine defines a good death a “one that is free from avoidable death and suffering for patients, families and caregivers in general accordance with the patients’ and families’ wishes.”. The current system creates barriers to reducing the stress and suffering that accompany a patie...
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Gunther Eysenbach
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1874514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17478415 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.9.1.e6 |
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description | The Institute of Medicine defines a good death a “one that is free from avoidable death and suffering for patients, families and caregivers in general accordance with the patients’ and families’ wishes.”. The current system creates barriers to reducing the stress and suffering that accompany a patient’s end of life. Data and eHealth technology, if it were more accessible, could help patients, families, and caregivers to cope with end of life issues. |
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spelling | pubmed-18745142007-05-22 A Good Death Gustafson, David H J Med Internet Res Guest Editorial The Institute of Medicine defines a good death a “one that is free from avoidable death and suffering for patients, families and caregivers in general accordance with the patients’ and families’ wishes.”. The current system creates barriers to reducing the stress and suffering that accompany a patient’s end of life. Data and eHealth technology, if it were more accessible, could help patients, families, and caregivers to cope with end of life issues. Gunther Eysenbach 2007-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC1874514/ /pubmed/17478415 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.9.1.e6 Text en © David H Gustafson. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 14.03.2007. Except where otherwise noted, articles published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, including full bibliographic details and the URL (see "please cite as" above), and this statement is included. |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1874514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17478415 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.9.1.e6 |
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