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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Impact of death and dying on the personal lives and practices of palliative and hospice care professionals Shane Sinclair‚ PhD Additional article information Abstract Background Working within the landscape of death and dying‚ professionals in palliative and hospice care provide insight into the nature of mortality that may be of benefit to individuals facing the end of life. Much less is known about how these professionals incorporate these experiences into their personal lives and clinical
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Introduction In order to improve the patient’s quality of life‚ palliative care is care given to patients of all ages who are diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses that have little to no chance of cure. This includes providing treatments of other problems such as physical‚ psychological and spiritual. In my opinion‚ quality palliative care is providing both physical and emotional support (care) for the patient. This includes providing relief from pain and distressing symptoms; emotional support
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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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Position Paper- Palliative vs Curative care. According to the World Heath Organisation (WHO‚ 2011)‚ Palliative care is an approach‚ which aims to improve quality of life of patients and families who are crippled with life threatening illnesses. Alternatively‚ curative care is an approach that aims to prolong life through technological advances and medicine. It seems that the best approach to health care‚ would be to improve the quality of life as well as prolong life‚ through a combination of
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Discuss the philosophy and 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
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Palliative care is an area of health care that provides care for patients who are ill and caused their health to deteriorate progressively‚ and rapidly at times toward the end of life‚ the purpose of palliative care is to relief pain‚ yet maintaining best quality of life and supporting the patient’s family before and after the patient has come to eternal sleep and when the illness has come to attempts at cure are impossible (Clevelandclinicmeded.com‚ 2015). Home palliative care are for patients
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Palliative: A Concept Analysis Abstract Palliative: A Concept Analysis Abstract Palliative: A Concept Analysis Purpose. The purpose of this analysis is to distinguish between palliative care and the hospice movement from which the concept of palliative care comes from. This study also identifies the distinguishing characteristics that surround modern palliative care. Methods. Data was collected from interviews‚ journals‚ online articles‚ and books involving palliative care. Findings
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of Hospice and Palliative Care Rather than seeking a cure as with traditional western medical practices‚ hospice and palliative care puts an emphasis on the quality of life by concentrating on symptom‚ pain‚ and stress reduction to alleviate patient suffering through the use of a multidisciplinary approach. This medical approach to patient care is deemed appropriate for patients with acute and chronic diseases‚ as well as for patients at the end of their life. While the palliative care treatment
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free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Palliative care (from Latin palliare‚ to cloak) is an area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients. Unlike hospice care‚ palliative medicine is appropriate for patients in all disease stages‚ including those undergoing treatment for curable illnesses and those living with chronic diseases‚ as well as patients who are nearing the end of life. Palliative medicine utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to patient
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