Palliative Care for Children: Enhancing the Quality of Life for a Child with a Life-Threatening Illness Melissa Spitler English Composition 2 Instructor Barckholtz May 17‚ 2010 Palliative Care for Children: Enhancing the Quality of Life for a Child with a Life-Threatening Illness “Each year in the USA about 500‚000 children are coping with life-threatening illnesses” (Huang et al.‚ 2010). The standard of care for children living with life-threatening conditions is vital for these children
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The phrase "palliative care" was presented in 1975 (Mount‚ Hanks et al. 2006). Later‚ The World Health Organization (WHO) characterized palliative care‚ fundamentally for critically sick patients. According to WHO‚ from 2002‚ for palliative care is a methodology that enhances the personal satisfaction of patients and adults confronting the issue connected with life-undermining sickness‚ through the aversion and help of misery by method for right on time ID and flawless appraisal and treatment of
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Pediatric Palliative Care Ana M. Gehan Thomas Edison State College Pediatric Palliative Care In modern society‚ children are expected to outlive their parents. However‚ for children living with life threatening illnesses‚ palliative care is an approach to care that enhances quality of life for both the child and the grieving parents. In the article‚ “Pediatric Palliative Care: The Time is Now!” the authors stress how important it is to start and/or continue pediatric palliative care
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Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients October 29‚ 2012 Literature Review A Paper Presented to Meet Partial Requirements For NRSG-494B Transcultural Nursing Southern Adventist University School of Nursing Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients: staff perspectives An article titled “The Palliative Care Needs of Ethnic Minority Patients: Staff Perspectives” discussed the palliative care staff’s perceptions of
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Euthanasia vs. Palliative Sedation Mary McCann Keiser University Research for Evidence Based Practice & outcome management Nurs 680 Dr. Jenkins April 28‚ 2013 Euthanasia vs. Palliative Sedation In this paper the author will discuss the difference between euthanasia‚ physician assisted suicide‚ and palliative sedation. The author will discuss the legal and ethical side of palliative sedation. Palliative sedation is where they use education to induce or decrease awareness of one ’s intractable
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life. Health beliefs may be strongly tied to a person’s cultural background and spiritual or religious affiliation. Palliative care is the active holistic care of terminally ill patients which demands to maintain the quality of life addressing physical symptoms as well as emotional‚ spiritual and social needs. This very nature of the palliative care poses challenges to health care workers when addressing a culturally diverse population. Australia is the most multicultural country in the world where
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principles of palliative care; Palliative care According to the World Health Organization (who) palliative care as “an approach that improves the quality of life of individuals and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness‚ through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems‚ physical ‚psychosocial and spiritual” End of life care can be in two situations‚ it is care in the last
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Palliative care is designed for patient who have been diagnosed with chronic-illness‚ life-threatening illness and acute onset of diseases that are life-threatening. Palliative care offers pain relief‚ symptom relief‚ counseling‚ and it enhance quality of life. A patient who has been referred to palliative care doesn’t mean they are dying and they can still seek a treatment options. Hospice care is a part of palliative care; hospice is for patient that the doctor has giving them a short time to live
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that kind of thing. In this paper‚ issues surrounding inadequacies of Palliative care in Nigeria will be examined. Health care should be a necessary right for everyone irrespective of age‚ gender‚ religious tendency‚ educational background‚ social status‚ and race or color during any illness and especially when nearing the end of life. According to the centre for advance palliative care: “Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients
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Palliative care for a dying patient needs to be well planned and managed to ensure that all aspects of care giving are taken care of. The plan provides a reference for nurses and other practitioners who are involved in giving care to the patient. This is so as to ensure that they all know what needs to be done and does not. The plan also includes the relatives or family of the patient who need to be involved in the process not only to give emotional support but also physical support to the patient
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