Attending to Total Pain in Juvenile Huntington Disease: A Case Report Informed by Narrative Review of the Literature

Autor: Lindsey M. Kendrick, Amy Hellman, Denise Hudgell, Meaghann S. Weaver
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Palliative Care. 34:205-207
ISSN: 2369-5293
0825-8597
DOI: 10.1177/0825859719835560
Popis: To consider the impact of juvenile Huntington disease (JHD) from a biomedical, symptom burden, and total pain palliative care perspective.This case report was informed by a narrative review of the literature with inclusion of expert opinion from pediatric palliative care, an adult and pediatric neurologist, and a child psychiatrist. Audio-recorded qualitative interview and coauthorship with the pediatric patient's primary caregiver (his mother).The JHD impacts all domains of child and family function.Application of the concept of total pain to JHD informs and guides care for this complex, challenging condition.
Databáze: OpenAIRE