Connotative terminology and syntax can influence the decision-making approach and process. We examined 49 publications for positive, negative, and neutral connotations. We consistently found negative terminology in the publications. To advance the development of nursing knowledge regarding end-of-life care...
This module presents background and encourages personal reflection and learning on end of life care terminology, concepts and ethics for all healthcare staff working with adult cancer patients. Consideration is given to resuscitation issues, communication skills competence and end of life care pathways ...
Pausch made an important point about the conversations clinicians have with patients on end of life care: many patients and caregivers struggle with the terminology. She said when the physician brought up palliative care after her husband’s pancreatic cancer metastasized to his lungs and brain, ...
For example, the section on requests for treatments with no potential benefit is only three paragraphs long and provides no guidance in navigating difficult discussions of this nature with patients and their families. The terminology is also somewhat quirky in sections of the book, for example, ...
In this paper we review the challenges facing the delivery of research in end-of-life care in the UK and internationally as health policies begin to focus on improving care. These include the problems of terminology in this field of enquiry and the lack of emphasis on clinical studies relating...
variability in practice, inadequate predictive models for death, elusive knowledge of patent preferences, poor communication between staff and surrogates, insufficient or absent training of healthcare providers, the use of imprecise and insensitive terminology and incomplete documentation in the medical ...
This led to reflections about terminology and whether defining EoL care is desirable. Conclusion: The global expansion of EoL care contributes to the variety of interpretations of what it means. This complicates the endeavour of defining the field. However, when diversity is taken seriously it can...
This study proposes that a critical approach, such as an interactive discussion, would help facilitate a quality understanding of end-of-life terminology. To teach the concepts euthanasia and withdrawal of care to 77 undergraduate health science students, this study employed an interactive discussion....
Understanding end-of-life decision-making terminology among African American older adults. J Gerontol Nurs. 2018;44(2):33-40. doi:10.3928/00989134-20171002-02PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 19. Back A, Arnold R, Tulsky J. Mastering Communication With Seriously Ill Patients: ...
Terminology: the historical perspective, evolution and current usage – room for confusion? Modern palliative care started with St Christopher’s Hospice in 1967 and was initially regarded as ‘terminal care’. This served as a template for a deve... MF Smyth - 《European Journal of Cancer》 ...