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Palliative Sedation

Mary Lawson
CJON 2011, 15(6), 589-590 DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.589-590
The focus of palliative care is to relieve human suffering; however, about 90% of patients with advanced cancer will experience severe pain. Intolerable human suffering may be defined in the healthcare setting as symptoms that cannot be tolerated or endured for any length of time. If the patient is...
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Deborah K. Mayer
CJON 2011, 15(5), 456 DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.456
Selection of letters to be published is the decision of the editor. For acceptance, letters must be signed. A letter can appear anonymously if requested by the author. All letters are subject to editing. A letter that questions, criticizes, or responds to a previously published Clinical Journal of...
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Oncology Nursing Society Position

Nurses' Responsibility to Patients Requesting Assistance in Hastening Death

ONF 2010, 37(3), 249-250 DOI:
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The Use of Palliative Care to Promote Autonomy in Decision Making

Ruth Zalonis
Margaret Slota
CJON 2014, 18(6), 707-711 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.707-711
This article explores barriers to informed decision making in health care, and it proposes palliative care as one means of responding to the challenge of a widespread lack of autonomy in decision making. Through an exploration of research in the fields of autonomy and palliative care, the...
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Heart of Oncology Nursing

Louder Than Words

Ashley Rogers
CJON 2014, 18(5), 602 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.602
Some nurses will say they didn't choose oncology … oncology chose them. When people ask what I do, their reaction to my response is usually the same: "I don't see how you can do that. It must be so depressing." However, if you were to ask my colleagues, the majority would agree that the rewards...
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