IntroductionLearning OutcomesDefining Death and DyingMultidisciplinary and Multi-Agency Approach in Caring for the Dying PatientFrameworks for Care of the Dying PatientSymptom Control and the Management of Unwanted side Effects in the Care of the Dying PatientPsychological, Social and Spiritual Care of ...
In contrast to the numerous maladies described elsewhere in this textbook, successful care of the dying patient is not measured in terms of convalescence but rather in achievement of a “good death.” While the circumstances of death among the seriously ill in US hospitals are well defined –...
Family physicians have traditionally prided themselves on comprehensive and continuous provision of care throughout the human life cycle. When managing the terminal phases of illness, however, most clinicians have had little formal education directed at the experience of human suffering and dying.1,2For...
Care of the Dying Patient. 来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 8 作者:Liegner,Leonard,M.摘要: Presents the author's impressions of terminal care practices employed by the staff of St. Christopher's Hospice in London, England. Details of the accommodations and population of the hospice; Emphasis of ...
RA Mccormick - 《Journal of Religion》 被引量: 33发表: 1989年 Distinguishing denial from authentic faith in miracles: a clinical-pastoral approach use can be justified by considerations that demonstrate that waiting makes it more likely that a miracle will occur and will aid the patient's recove...
In our civilization death is too often viewed as a failure of the health care system and the terminally ill patient seldom receives the emotional as well as physical support he needs in order to die well. But, as a pioneering unit has learned, when the hospital conceives its role to be ...
O__-rganized C__-are of the D__-ying Patient (OCDP) is a team approach to the dying patient. Physicians, nurses, social workers, paramedical staff and pastors make one team to take care of the many needs of the dying patient (physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs). T...
The care of patients in the final stages of cancer requires a high level of clinical vigilance and skill to ensure that the passage from life to death is as free from suffering as possible. Patients who are dying have a right to adequate relief of physical and psychological symptoms, and th...
Over the past four decades, there has been a widespread movement to increase the involvement of patients and the public in health care. Strategies to effec... A Herxheimer - 《Health Expectations》 被引量: 2发表: 2010年 Dying for a change: junior doctors and care of the dying patient Dyi...
Avoidance of the Dying Patient Some family members discussed the manner in which physicians avoided interacting with the dying patient. This could take the form of talking to the family instead of the patient: " . . . He [talked to] the family group together, but he didn't talk to my ...