Abstract:The purpose of this study was twofold: first, we aimed to clarify the kinds of desires expressed by patients admitted to the palliative care unit (PCU). Second, we investigated the relationship between the patient's mobility, which is the length of time the patient can move, sit, stand, or walk rather than lie flat in bed, and his/her Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI) score in order to predict how long patients could tolerate mobilization and at what point patients could begin practicing mobilization in a reha… Show more
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