Caring for families with a family history of cancer: Why concerns about genetic predisposition are missing from the palliative agenda
| Autor: | Alison Metcalfe, Collette Clifford, Alison Kate Lillie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care Health professionals Attitude of Health Personnel business.industry Palliative Care Cancer General Medicine medicine.disease Nurse's Role Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Nursing Neoplasms Family medicine Genetic predisposition Humans Medicine Family Genetic Predisposition to Disease Lack of knowledge Patient group Family history business Specialist palliative care |
| Zdroj: | Palliative Medicine. 25:117-124 |
| ISSN: | 1477-030X 0269-2163 |
| Popis: | Care of the family is integral to palliative care, but little attention has been paid to the way nurses, or other healthcare professionals, are responding to the needs of families who are concerned about whether their family history of cancer is associated with an inherited genetic predisposition. This paper discusses how palliative care nurses perceive the care needs of patients with a family history of cancer. Data were collected through recorded, semi-structured interviews with 10 nurses who had worked in specialist palliative care. The findings show that there are cogent arguments and concerns about raising the issue of an inherited genetic predisposition at the end of life (especially when the patient is close to death and there is a lack of knowledge about genetics). Nevertheless, exemplar cases are used to illustrate the reasons why it is important that nurses working in specialist palliative care settings are aware of the needs of this patient group. The paper highlights that nurses not only need an appropriate knowledge base but also an insight of what can be achieved when supporting patients with a family history of cancer. |
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