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? supports dying pts and their family members.
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Hospice
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Hospice lets pts die with ? and to be free of ? and to be surrounded by ?
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dignity,
pain, loved ones |
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The philosophy of Hospice is to ? for, not ? the pt so no unnescessary medical procedures are administered.
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care,
cure |
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Some of the key features of Hospice are that the dying person and family can decide on the level of ?
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support
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With hospice there is no attempt to ? or prolong ?
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cure,
life |
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With hospice every attempt possible is made to control ?
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pain
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With Hospice the pt is allowed to die in a ? like setting
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home
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With Hospice ? counseling is provided before and after death to family.
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bereavement
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A British study on Hospice discovered that pts spent fewer days in ? and fewer ? procedures were performed, care was more oriented towards their ? needs, and that family appeared to display fewer symptoms of ? and greater ? 1-2 yrs afte pt passed.
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pain,
medical, emotional, grief, well-being |
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A mutation in the LMNA gene that causes a premature aging disorder known as ?
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progeria
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Babies born with progeria look ? when born they do have a low body ? they have thin ? skin, they have joint ? and they end up dying from older individual type diseases like ? and ?
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normal,
weight, wrinkled, stiffness, CAD, stroke |
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Kids that have progeria have thin ?, enlarged skulls known as ?, no ?'s, they are ? in stature, and the front ? doesn't close up and there is poor tooth ? and they are prone to ?
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jaws,
macropcephaly, short, fontanel, structure, diabetes |
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The life expectancy for a child with progeria is ?-?yrs
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12-13
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