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OBJECTIVE: To explore the grief experiences of family members of patients with advanced malignant tumors before and after death. METHODS: This study used both quantitative and qualitative research methods. A total of 10 people with family members with terminal malignant tumors were chosen and assessed five times according to a specific non-invasive mortality index and the Distress Thermometer scale. Additionally, the participants attended an in-depth interview. RESULTS: The grief experiences of the bereaved included their knowledge of and attitude towards death, the physical and mental conditions of the family members of patients in the terminal stage, the needs of family members, and the response to death and growth of those family members. CONCLUSIONS: The grief experience interviews of family members of patients with advanced malignant tumors are universal. It is suggested that the nursing staff should pay attention to the emotional experience of the bereaved after the death of the patient throughout the whole nursing process, including the continuous follow-up during the home period. It is hoped that the implementation of grief counseling methods in the later stage can help the bereaved to successfully go through the grieving period, prevent grief disorders, and help them return to society.
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Pesar , Neoplasias , Humanos , Familia/psicología , EmocionesRESUMEN
The specificity of schistosomes to hosts and the compatibility of hosts to schistosomes are formed during the long evolution process of them, they are not only related closely to environment but also to other factors such as the heredity of schistosomes and hosts. This paper reviews the non-adaptivity of schistosomes and hosts from the respects of genetics, immunology, cytobiology, molecular biology, and physiology.
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Schistosoma/fisiología , Esquistosomiasis/parasitología , Animales , Evolución Biológica , Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos , HumanosRESUMEN
XI Hong, a famous acupuncturist in the Southern Song Dynasty, has an important influence and status in history of Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion. After he moved to Linchuan, Jiangxi province, his descendants passed acupuncture from generation to generation. According to records, it was passed to 12 generations. After the tenth generation, it was also passed to apprentices besides descendants, such as accomplished acupuncturists CHEN Hong-gang, LIU Jin and others, forming XI Hong acupuncture school of thought. The poem of acupuncture and moxibustion XI Hong Fu is the representative work about XI Hong academic thought, which was additionally compiled or written by XI Hong's apprentices according to XI Hong academic thought. The poems are of characteristics in acupuncture application and association of acupoints. The academic thought and therapeutic methods of acupuncture in the poems still are widely used in modern clinical acupuncture practice.