Objective: To examine the presence of therapeutic affordances as perceived by women who use endometriosis online support groups. Methods: Sixty-nine women (aged 19-50 years, mean 34.2 years; 65.2% (45 ...

Conclusions: The current SARs research in mental health use is limited in generalizability, scope, and measurement of psychological outcomes. Opportunities for expansion of research in this area ...

Objectives Explanation about the impending death of imminently dying patients with cancer is important for their families. However, little is known about how clinicians explain impending death and how ...

Objective This study investigated the preferences of patients, family and staff for single or shared rooms in a UK hospice. Method Semistructured interviews were conducted with patients, informal ...

As the focus on end-of-life care intensifies, so too does the need to better understand the experiences of patients, caregivers and physicians. Delivering empathetic care requires a shared ...

Dissecting protective versus detrimental immune responses uncovers biomarkers and mechanisms that can inform the rational design and evaluation of live attenuated vaccines against African swine fever ...

1 Department of General Surgery, Pancreatic Disease Centre, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China 2 Ruijin-Hainan Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong ...