End-of-Life Care for Older Adults
| Autor: | Katrina Hopper, Karen S. Ogle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Service (business)
Physician-Patient Relations Terminal Care Palliative care Primary Health Care Health Services for the Aged business.industry Communication Decision Making Palliative Care MEDLINE humanities Clinical expertise Advance Care Planning Nursing Humans Terminally Ill Medicine Family Pharmacology (medical) Physician's Role business End-of-life care psychological phenomena and processes Aged |
| Zdroj: | Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. 32:811-828 |
| ISSN: | 0095-4543 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pop.2005.06.005 |
| Popis: | Caring for elderly patients and their families at the end of life gives physicians the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the lives of others. By expanding our clinical expertise beyond the arena of cure and the preservation of life, we can discover new ways to encounter our patients as full human beings and to share a profound life passage that many of us might otherwise ignore. The skills that are needed to enter this new arena are well within the grasp of the office-based clinician, and physicians who employ them are rewarded with the fulfillment of knowing they have provided an invaluable service at a time of greatest need. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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