دورية أكاديمية
How to approach patients and families at the end of life.
| العنوان: | How to approach patients and families at the end of life. |
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| المؤلفون: | De Swardt M; Department of Family, Community and Emergency Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town. maggie.deswardt@uct.ac.za., Krause R, Jenkins LS |
| المصدر: | South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care [S Afr Fam Pract (2004)] 2024 Apr 24; Vol. 66 (1), pp. e1-e4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 24. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: AOSIS Publishing Country of Publication: South Africa NLM ID: 9701104 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2078-6204 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20786190 NLM ISO Abbreviation: S Afr Fam Pract (2004) Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2020- : [Durbanville, Cape Town] : AOSIS Publishing Original Publication: Cramerview : The Academy, [1994- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Terminal Care*/psychology , Professional-Family Relations*, Humans ; Family/psychology ; Adaptation, Psychological ; Palliative Care ; Communication |
| مستخلص: | Healthcare practitioners are regularly faced with treating patients at the end of their life, and this can be very daunting. This article hopes to help the practitioner have an approach to managing end-of-life care that makes it less distressing. The symptoms at the end-of-life include delirium and/or agitation, breathing changes, skin changes, sleeping more, decrease in need for food and drink, incontinence, and increased secretions. These symptoms are discussed and practical ways of management are given. The article further discusses how to approach the difficult conversation with the family and gives guidance as to what needs to be discussed. A number of tips are discussed on how to prepare the family to handle a death at home. It is essential to look at coping mechanisms and selfcare for practitioners dealing with end-of-life care as the death of a patient not only affects the family but also the practitioner. |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: difficult conversation.; end-of-life; multi-professional teams; palliative care; symptoms |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240506 Date Completed: 20240506 Latest Revision: 20240511 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240511 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC11079358 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/safp.v66i1.5916 |
| PMID: | 38708744 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 2078-6204 |
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| DOI: | 10.4102/safp.v66i1.5916 |