In the mid-1960s two doctors, one in London and the other in Chicago, set about changing the accepted medical care of dying patients. In London, Dr Cicely Saunders established St Christopher's Hospice specifically to provide compassionate care for dying patients linked to a rigorous scientific ...
What is the overall aim of hospice care? \\ A. to help the aged develop a sense of integrity B. to ease the natural dying process and provide emotional support to the person and family C. to help take care of legal issues such as writing a...
This Journal brings insight into terminal illness; the process of dying, bereavement, mourning, funeral customs, suicide. Fresh, lucid, responsible contributions from knowledgeable professionals in universities, hospitals, clinics, old age homes, suicide prevention centers, funeral directors and others, co...
While death and dying often occur within or adjacent to the healthcare setting, grief & support of patients at end-of-life (EOL) remain largely within the realm of the family. Given this division of roles, healthcare workers intentionally set professional boundaries that balance their need to ...
In 2014, approximately 2.6 million people died in the United States, and approximately 55 million people died worldwide. Death is inevitable, but people
palliative care or hospice services are utilized to assist both the dying individual and his or her family throughout the dying process. These services include care for the dying individual, as well as support for the family. In addition, several states allow terminally ill or dying individual...
Simple acts of kindness.HOSPICE nursesHOSPICE careThe article presents a question and answer about a hospice nurse who seems not to feel gratified when giving good nursing care to dying patients.doi:10.1097/01.nurse.0000312603.60149.4aUfema
Social Workers in end-of-life and palliative care have a particular opportunity to ease the dying process by providing culturally appropriate services to the dying and their families. In today's multicultural social environment, with an ever-increasing immigrant population, social workers are challenged...
As an area of inquiry and focused clinic... D Wear - 《Academic Medicine》 被引量: 128发表: 2002年 Music therapy with imminently dying hospice patients and their families: facilitating release near the time of death. Hospice care seeks to address the diverse needs of terminally ill patients ...
hospice caremourningolder people counselingpalliative careresponse to deathspousal survivorsCounselors who work with older people are likely to have clients die or to have clients lose someone they love. This chapter discusses end-of-life issues that older people and their loved ones may face, and ...