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Lack of knowledge on where people die and potential to do better
Lopes, Silvia; Namukwaya, Elizabeth; Gomes, BarbaraFunding Information: This work is part of the project \u2018EOLinPLACE: Choice of where we die: a classification reform to discern diversity in individual end of life pathways\u2019, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 948609).
EOLinPLACE
Namukwaya, Elizabeth; de Sousa, Andrea Bruno; Lopes, Sílvia; Touwen, Dorothea Petra; van der Steen, Jenny Theodora; Bélanger, Emmanuelle; Brooks, JoannaFunding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research project \u2018EOLinPLACE: Choice of where we die: a classification reform to discern diversity in individual end of life pathways\u2019 has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 resear...
The rise of home death in the COVID-19 pandemic
Lopes, Sílvia; Bruno de Sousa, Andrea; Delalibera, Mayra; Namukwaya, Elizabeth; Cohen, Joachim; Gomes, BarbaraFunding Information: This work is part of the EOLinPLACE Project, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 948609). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s); Background: During the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic, health systems had to respond to the needs of COVID-19 patients, ...
Patient and family preferences about place of end-of-life care and death
Pinto, Sara; Lopes, Sílvia; de Sousa, Andrea Bruno; Delalibera, Mayra; Gomes, BarbaraFunding Information: All authors have completed the Unified Competing Interest form (available on request from the corresponding author) at www.icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest/. BG is first author of one included systematic review. She did not take part in the selection, quality assessment, data extraction, analysis or conclusions in relation to this study. The authors thank Edoardo Aromataris (Director of Syn...
Preferences about place of end-of-life care and death of patients with life-thr...
Pinto, Sara; Lopes, Silvia; Bruno De Sousa, Andrea; Gomes, BarbaraFunding Information: This protocol is part of the research project ' EOLinPLACE: Choice of where we die: a classification reform to discern diversity in individual end of life pathways’. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 948609). Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) (or their employ...
Factors associated with the aggressiveness of care at the end of life for patie...
Martins-Branco, Diogo; Lopes, Silvia; Canario, Rita; Freire, Joao; Feio, Madalena; Ferraz-Goncalves, Jose; Sousa, Gabriela; Lunet, Nuno; Gomes, BarbaraIntroduction There is growing concern about the aggressiveness of cancer care at the end of life (ACCEoL), defined as overly aggressive treatments that compromise the quality of life at its end. Recognising the most affected patients is a cornerstone to improve oncology care. Our aim is to identify factors associated with ACCEoL for patients with cancer dying in hospitals. Methods All adult patients with cancer...
Novos Usos Sustentáveis dos Logradouros
Santos, Teresa; Silva, Caio; Gomes, Barbara; Ramalhete, FilipaUID/SOC/04647/2013 SFRH/BPD/76893/2011; A promoção do conforto em meio urbano passa pelo planeamento de espaços verdes. Estas intervenções produzem uma série de benefícios ao nível da qualidade do ambiente construído, contribuindo para a mitigação do efeito ilha de calor, através do ensombramento, evapotranspiração e redução do vento proporcionados pela vegetação. A eficácia de operações de requalificação no es...
Risk factors for hospital death in conditions needing palliative care
Gomes, Barbara; Pinheiro, Maria João; Lopes, Sílvia; de Brito, Maja; Sarmento, Vera P; Lopes Ferreira, Pedro; Barros, HenriqueBACKGROUND: Most people would prefer to die at home as opposed to hospital; therefore, understanding mortality patterns by place of death is essential for health resources allocation. AIM: We examined trends and risk factors for hospital death in conditions needing palliative care in a country without integrated palliative care. DESIGN: This is a death certificate study. We examined factors associated with hosp...