background: in the aftermath of de-institutionalisation and the move to community management of epilepsia, mothers play an increasing role in the management of the illness. mothers often complain of being misinformed and ill equipped to aid in the treatment. aim: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a supportive educational program on self-efficacy of mothers with epilepti...

background: spiritual well-being (swb) of patients with cardiovascular diseases particularly in those admitted in coronary care unit (ccu) is threatened due to disease crisis. therefore, implementing spiritual care is necessary for them. this study aimed to determine the effect of spiritual care program on swb of patients with cardiac ischemia admitted in ccu in al-zahra hospital, isfahan, iran...

This article describes the findings of a pilot program designed to enter advanced prostate cancer patients into the hospice benefit while they are still being actively treated, but in situations where treatment is known to be primarily palliative in nature. The supportive care program (SCP) combines the medical model's goal to prolong life with the goal of hospice to palliate symptoms and impro...

Although there are a number of quality frameworks available for evaluating palliative services, it is necessary to adapt these frameworks to models of care designed for the rural context. The purpose of this paper was to describe the development of a program assessment framework for evaluating a rural palliative supportive service as part of a community-based research project designed to enhanc...