The interviews could be centered on any end-of-life decision. Families may be involved in deciding, for instance, when to discontinue chemotherapy for a child whose cancer is not responding to treatment, when and how to initiate palliative care, how to approach pain management at the end of ...
An essential aspect of palliative care nursing is to conserve the dignity of the patient. A Dignity Care Intervention (DCI) has been developed in Scotland to facilitate this role for nurses. The DCI is now being adapted to a Swedish context (DCI-SWE) and
When and how to initiate discussion about prognosis and end- of-life issues with terminally ill patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2005; 30(2):132-44. PMID: 16125028Clayton JM, Butow PN, Tattersall MH (2005) When and how to initiate discussion about prognosis and end-of-life issues with ...
Role of palliative care: how to discuss prognosis with patients? Breakout session R Champagne 被引量: 0发表: 2018年 Harsh Realities: How to Discuss Prognosis with Patients An abstract is unavailable. Shaw,Gina - 《Neurology Today》 被引量: 0发表: 1987年 When and How to Initiate Discussion ...
Qualitative methods explored management of people with cirrhosis, and barriers to and enablers of palliative care. Participants had high rates of hospital admissions and symptom burden. Clinicians rarely discussed prognosis or future care preferences; they lacked the skills and confidence to initiate ...
Hence, expansion of radiotherapy service is instrumental to initiate breast-conserving surgery as an alternative surgical procedure, especially for young women with early-stage breast cancer. Involving religious leaders, traditional healers, and breast cancer survivors could be an effective strategy to ...
Metastatic cancer cells can invade the sensory fibers and initiate pain. Increased osteoclastic activity diminishes bone strength, and thus pathological microfractures can happen, resulting in pain. Mechanical distortion and pressure to the periosteum is the third factor that leads...
including those who present to initiate short-acting hormonal or implantablecontraception, I order urine screening for sexually transmitted infections, but I do not perform a pelvic exam. These young women are so relieved to learn that they will remain fully dressed and avoid the dreaded "pelvic....
A pain discussion was defined as any reference to pain or discomfort initiated by either patient or provider. Preliminary analysis of 33 cases revealed 57 separate discussions of pain (6 involved patients denying any pain). Patients and providers were equally likely to initiate discussions about ...
There is also the legitimate right to not want to know the results of prenatal tests, giving consent to not be informed. This is the "right not to know." Thedecisionmust be respected even when providing this information would initiate urgent intrauterine therapies: the Spanish law from 2002 ...