The continuing care of terminal cancer patients

Pol, Justyna

doi:10.1016/0304-3959(82)90186-5

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The home hospice: A profile of a palliative home-care unit.

Mor¹,

Mor²

1987

Family Systems Medicine

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Death is essentially a family event and home-care philosophy acknowledges and encourages the family's role in treating the chronically or terminally ill patient at home. This article describes the aims and organization of a palliative home-care unit specializing in the care of the terminally ill. The unit is affiliated with the Ichilov Hospital, a 1,000-bed Tel Aviv University teaching hospital. We attempt to illustrate the advantages of a multidisciplinary approach to providing comprehensive family care. Palliative home care should not be viewed as "second best," turned to because of a lack of alternatives, but as a legitimate and valuable approach to care in its own right.

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The home hospice: A profile of a palliative home-care unit.

Mor¹,

Mor²

1987

Family Systems Medicine

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Hospice-an education center for professionals

Doyle¹

1982

Death Education

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The need for further improved professional training in the care of the dying is now being recognized by doctors themselves, and increasingly they are turning to hospices for such education. The ways in which such training might be provided are outlined and some of the problems discussed in the light of British experience. It is suggested that no major hospice program should ever be initiated unless it incorporates an education program aimed to meet the deficiencies revealed in recent studies.

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Debate: euthanasia--a physician's viewpoint.

Twycross¹

1982

Journal of Medical Ethics

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Discussion about euthanasia is often confused because ofa failure to distinguish between deliberate death acceleration and letting nature take its course. There is a need to reiterate the traditional principles upon which the care ofthe dying should be based, including the needforthe doctor to practise medicine in the knowledge that eventually all his patients will die. It follows that a doctor does not have a duty to preserve life at all costs. The care of the patientvith far-advanced cancer has improved considerably in many areas as a result ofthe establishment of hospices and domiciliary support teams. Treating the patient as a person is the key to a successful doctor-patient relationship. An analytical approach is necessary to control pain and other symptoms. Care ofthe relatives is also fundamental. Voluntary euthanasia and 'assisted suicide' represent an extreme solution to a situation which demands a far more comprehensive and compassionate approach. The need is not for a change in the law butfor a change ofemphasis in medical education. Editor's note: thispaper is based on a lecture given to an international conference on voluntary euthanasia and suicide, sponsored by EXIT (formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society). A commentary follows by Nancy Ludmerer, atorney, legal writer and member of the New York bar.

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The continuing care of terminal cancer patients

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The home hospice: A profile of a palliative home-care unit.

The home hospice: A profile of a palliative home-care unit.

Hospice-an education center for professionals

Debate: euthanasia--a physician's viewpoint.

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