In this original and compelling book, Jeffrey P. Bishop, a philosopher, ethicist, and physician,
argues that something has gone sadly amiss in the care of the dying by contemporary …

High-quality palliative care includes effective communication with families, including the
patient. Regardless of family composition, the family is the core social context for a patient's …

Objetivo: mapear evidências científicas sobre fadiga por compaixão em profissionais de
Enfermagem no contexto dos cuidados paliativos. Método: revisão de escopo baseada nas …

The purpose of this study was to examine the predictors of perceived success in addressing
the end-of-life care needs of low-income older adults and their family members. Perceived …

Hospice nurses play a key role in facilitating a ''good death''for their clients by providing
multifaceted care to promote quality of life, symptom management, family support, and …

Life span scholars investigate the numerous, inevitable changes that occur as we age.
These changes are physiological, biological, psychological, sociological, and even spiritual …

Health care providers are in a privileged social position that sanctions their entree into the
intimate lives of families because they deal with illness and impending death. Social …

Palliative care uses a team approach to improve the quality of life of patients and their
families facing life-threatening illness, addressing physical, psychosocial and spiritual …

When an older adult develops difficulty with capacities, such as in the setting of dementia,
decisional support is typically provided by family caregivers through informal and formal …

Razvojem palijativne skrbi prepoznaje se važnost i doprinos skrbi koju pružaju obitelji i
prijatelji bolesnika. Članovi obitelji pružaju neformalnu skrb čime daju veliki doprinos i …