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List of works by Christoph Ostgathe

"It's Not that Easy"--Medical Students' Fears and Barriers in End-of-Life Communication

scientific article published in June 2015

'. . . and then no more kisses!' Exploring patients' experiences on multidrug-resistant bacterial microorganisms and hygiene measures in end-of-life care A mixed-methods study

scientific article published on 29 October 2019

A Clinically Evaluated Interferometric Continuous-Wave Radar System for the Contactless Measurement of Human Vital Parameters

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

A German model for methadone conversion

scientific article published in May 2001

A Linguistic Model of Communication Types in Palliative Medicine: Effects of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Colonization or Infection and Isolation Measures in End of Life on Family Caregivers' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

A cost calculation model for specialist palliative care for patients with non-small cell lung cancer in a tertiary centre

scientific article published on 2 October 2007

A matter of definition--key elements identified in a discourse analysis of definitions of palliative care

scientific article published on April 2008

Analysing the impact of a case management model on the specialised palliative care multi-professional team.

scientific article published on 17 September 2017

Antibiotics in palliative medicine--results from a prospective epidemiological investigation from the HOPE survey

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Assessing cognition and psychomotor function under long-term treatment with controlled release oxycodone in non-cancer pain patients

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Automatic Signal Quality Index Determination of Radar-Recorded Heart Sound Signals Using Ensemble Classification

scientific article published on 05 June 2019

Care trajectories and survival after discharge from specialized inpatient palliative care--results from an observational follow-up study

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

Characteristics of Patients with Breathlessness

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Characteristics of patients with breathlessness - results of the german hospice and palliative care evaluation

scientific article published on 13 May 2016

Comparison of terminally ill cancer- vs. non-cancer patients in specialized palliative home care in Germany - a single service analysis

scientific article published on 25 July 2015

Constipation--modern laxative therapy.

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Costs of Medial Care of MRSA Patients at the End-of-Life in a Geriatric Ward

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Denying a patient's final will: public safety vs. medical confidentiality and patient autonomy

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Desire for hastened death: how do professionals in specialized palliative care react?

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Development of empirical recommendations for regional hospice and palliative care networks in Germany: A qualitative study

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

Diagnosis, assessment and management of constipation in advanced cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Differential palliative care issues in patients with primary and secondary brain tumours

scientific article published on 8 September 2009

Drugs in palliative care: results from a representative survey in Germany

scientific article published in March 2004

Dying of brain tumours: specific aspects of care

scientific article published on December 2013

Early palliative care: current status of integration within German comprehensive cancer centers.

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Effects of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/Multiresistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Colonization or Infection and Isolation Measures in End of Life on Family Caregivers: Results of a Qualitative Study.

scientific article published on 18 November 2016

End-of-life care research with bereaved informal caregivers--analysis of recruitment strategy and participation rate from a multi-centre validation study

scientific article published on 2 May 2015

End-of-life research on patients' attitudes in Germany: a feasibility study.

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Evaluation and comparison of two prognostic scores and the physicians' estimate of survival in terminally ill patients.

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Evaluation of 12 pilot projects to improve outpatient palliative care

scientific article published on 3 December 2013

Facilitating Early Integration of Palliative Care into Breast Cancer Therapy. Promoting Disease-Specific Guidelines

scientific article published on June 3, 2011

Fungating Wounds - Multidimensional Challenge in Palliative Care.

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German medical education in pain therapy and palliative medicine: a comparison of British, Canadian, and United States models

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

High dose levo-methadone treatment for cancer pain in a patient with a history of drug addiction

scientific article published on 22 January 2008

Identifying patients suitable for palliative care--a descriptive analysis of enquiries using a Case Management Process Model approach

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Identifying the need for specialized palliative care in adult cancer patients - development and validation of a screening procedure based on proxy assessment by physicians and filter questions

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Implementing WHO recommendations for palliative care into routine lung cancer therapy: a feasibility project

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

In-service documentation tools and statements on palliative sedation in Germany--do they meet the EAPC framework recommendations? A qualitative document analysis

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

Integrating Palliative Care Into Comprehensive Cancer Centers: Consensus-Based Development of Best Practice Recommendations

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

Interference Between Family Caregivers' Mental Disorders and Their Estimates of Quality of Dying and Death (QODD) of Their Loved Ones.

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International palliative care experts' view on phenomena indicating the last hours and days of life.

scientific article published on 15 December 2012

Is breathlessness what the professional says it is? Analysis of patient and professionals' assessments from a German nationwide register

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Issues of "life" and "death" for patients receiving palliative care--comments when confronted with a research tool

scientific article published on 28 April 2010

Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Assessment of Residents and Fellows Following Palliative Care Unit Rotation: A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 08 January 2019

Life threatening illness in popular movies-a first descriptive analysis

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Methadone: a closer look at the controversy

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) management in palliative care units and hospices in Germany: a nationwide survey on patient isolation policies and quality of life.

scientific article published in November 2011

Multidrug-resistant bacterial microorganisms (MDRO) in end-of-life care: development of recommendations for hospitalized patients using a mixed-methods approach

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at a palliative care unit: A prospective single service analysis

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Non-cancer patients in specialized palliative care in Germany: what are the problems?

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Outcome assessment instruments in palliative and hospice care--a review of the literature.

scientific article published on 13 March 2012

Outcome indicators in palliative care--how to assess quality and success. Focus group and nominal group technique in Germany

scientific article published on 23 August 2009

Pain Management and Symptom-Oriented Drug Therapy in Palliative Care.

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Palliative Care Consultation Service and Palliative Care Unit: Why Do We Need Both?

scientific article published on February 21, 2012

Palliative Care Patients' Quality of Dying and Circumstances of Death-Comparison of Informal Caregivers' and Health-Care Professionals' Estimates

scientific article published on 08 March 2018

Palliative medicine : everywhere, for everybody, by everyone

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Palliative sedation in Germany: factors and treatment practices associated with different sedation rate estimates in palliative and hospice care services.

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Palliative sedation in Germany: how much do we know? A prospective survey

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Patients in palliative care-Development of a predictive model for anxiety using routine data

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Perspectives on multidrug-resistant organisms at the end of life : A focus group study of staff members and institutional stakeholders.

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Pharmacological treatment of malignant bowel obstruction in severely ill and dying patients : a systematic literature review

scientific article published on September 2012

Polymicrobial feculent meningitis with detection of Slackia exigua in the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with advanced rectal carcinoma

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Practicability, safety, and efficacy of a "German model" for opioid conversion to oral levo-methadone.

scientific article published on December 2011

Quality indicators for care of cancer patients in their last days of life: literature update and experts' evaluation

scientific article published on 10 February 2012

Quality indicators in end-of-life care

scientific article published on September 2010

Radar-Based Heart Sound Detection

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Recommending early integration of palliative care - does it work?

scientific article published on 19 February 2011

Smell and taste in palliative care: a systematic analysis of literature.

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Staff members' ambivalence on caring for patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria at their end of life: A qualitative study

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Subcutaneous administration of drugs in palliative care: results of a systematic observational study

scientific article published on 21 April 2014

Symptoms and Problem Clusters in Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients in Specialized Palliative Care—Is There a Difference?

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

The EAPC framework on palliative sedation and clinical practice--a questionnaire-based survey in Germany

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Trends in specialized palliative care for non-cancer patients in Germany--data from the national hospice and palliative care evaluation (HOPE).

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Undergraduate training in palliative medicine in Germany: what effect does a curriculum without compulsory palliative care have on medical students' knowledge, skills and attitudes?

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Understanding institutional stakeholders' perspectives on multidrug-resistant bacterial organism at the end of life: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

Unmet needs of patients feeling severely affected by multiple sclerosis in Germany: a qualitative study.

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

Validation of a palliative care outcome measurement tool supplemented by neurological symptoms (HOPE+): Identification of palliative concerns of neurological patients

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Validation of the German Version of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire for Health Professionals

scientific article published on 23 September 2015

Validation of the German Version of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire for Informal Caregivers (QODD-D-Ang).

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Validation of the German version of the Schedule of Attitudes Toward Hastened Death (SAHD-D) with patients in palliative care.

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Validation of the Symptom and Problem Checklist of the German Hospice and Palliative Care Evaluation (HOPE).

scientific article published on 8 November 2011

Well connected - optimally cared for! : Beneficial factors of collaboration in hospice and palliative care networks in Bavaria

scientific article published on 23 November 2016

What are the problems in palliative care? Results from a representative survey

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[62-year-old male with condition following emergency tracheotomy in metastasized hypopharyngeal cancer : Preparation for the medical specialist examination: part 39]

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

[Accompanying evalution of funded projects in palliative medicine of the German Cancer Aid]

scientific article published on 01 December 2011

[Clinical pharmacists in palliative care: effects on drug therapy and drug expenses]

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

[Comparison of Patients and their Care in Urban and Rural Specialised Palliative Home Care - A Single Service Analysis]

scientific article published on 26 January 2015

[Pain and symptom management in palliative care]

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

[Pain treatment today--current standing of pain treatment in Germany]

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

[Palliative Care Teams in the German Comprehensive Cancer Centers]

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

[Palliative sedation : Development and consensus of a German language documentation template]

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

[Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for palliative care : Presence and relevance of palliative SOPs within the network of German Comprehensive Cancer Centers (CCCs) funded by the German Cancer Aid].

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[State of integration of palliative care at Comprehensive Cancer Centers funded by German Cancer Aid]

scientific article published on 22 January 2016

[Validation of the new version of the minimal documentation system (MIDOS) for patients in palliative care : the German version of the edmonton symptom assessment scale (ESAS)]

scientific article published on 01 December 2010