Palliative care

research that aims to prove the efficacy of the mechanism-based classification in persons suffering pain related to cancer. A major goal in palliative care has been pain management and. The goal for most palliative care interventions is to increase quality of life mutually for the family and the patient. Physical Therapy plays a significant part in palliative due to the gifted members of a multidisciplinary healthcare team headed for management of chronic pain. Pain necessarily involves three…

The subject of medical care has been a very controversial subject since the beginning of time, physician assisted suicide is no exception. Although not as temperamental as in previous decades, this subject tends to be mentioned in many heated professional and family of the terminally ill’s family arguments. This topic is so controversial because many people that are against assisted suicide religiously fuel their arguments, saying that no one should interfere with Gods decision as to when a…

There are a few valid points on disagreeing with assisted suicide such as the sanctity of life and receiving high-quality palliative care that make the topic argumentative. Death with Dignity should be legalized in more states to help those who are suffering, those who can no longer go on with the terminal illness they are fighting, and to end their long lasting hospital bills.…

Effective Communication with Terminal Pediatric Clients Kaye T.L. Berg University of Alaska, Anchorage Effective Communication with Terminal Pediatric Clients One of the most challenging aspects of nursing is providing end-of-life care for clients. These clients may require extensive medical interventions to promote their comfort, however supporting their psychosocial needs also plays a critical role in nursing management. Although communication is taught to nursing students,…

Physician-Assisted Death: The Right to Die A middle-aged woman lies in a hospital bed, dying of cancer. Her family sits around her, watching her struggle through the pain. She’d withdrawn from chemo and treatments months ago, and the pain medications no longer worked. The only thing left for her now was death, which would not come swiftly. Everyone watching longed for an end to their loved one’s suffering, wishing that there was a more immediate solution to her pain. No one realized that there…

Determine Success We are born, we live, and then ultimately, we die. Cindy Lee, age 56, knows this all too well. She is the owner and founder of Heart 'n Home Hospice & Palliative Care LLC whose mission statement is to, “optimize the quality of life for individuals in the final stages of terminal illness.” Hospice care is designed to give terminally ill patients in their final stages quality of life. Hospice does not try to find a cure, but rather to make the final days of the…

end-of-life care. This, however, is just not the case. When Vermont issued a task force to provide a report on the Oregon experience they found that “in conclusion it is [quite] apparent from credible sources in and out of Oregon that the Death with Dignity Act has not had an adverse impact on end-of-life care and in all probability has enhanced the other options”. The system in Oregon also promotes and works with hospice care with 92% of patients who requested PAS being enrolled in hospice…

end of life care and understand the perspectives that society comprises about physician assisted suicide. It is important to first define the differences between euthanasia, physician assisted suicide (PSA) and palliative care as they have some similarities, but their implications are vastly different. Euthanasia is defined as, “a physician (or other person) intentionally killing a person by the administration of drugs at that person’s voluntary and competent request.” (Palliative Medicine,…

Is it our right or freedom to decide the conditions of our own death as American citizens? Throughout the world, people have asked this question and even enacted laws based off of their viewpoints on the situation of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide(PAS). According to Derek Humphry, the founder of the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization, euthanasia is "Death by lethal injection by a doctor when requested by a patient." and physician-assisted suicide is a "Medical doctor…

If you are a loved one was told you had six months left to live and could end up debilitating quickly from a terminal disease, what would you do? Would you go for hospice, palliative care, pain management, or would you consider death with dignity. Death with dignity is something some are not aware of this; as it is legal in only three states, legal with court approved in three states, eleven states considering it, twelve states considered it but did not pass the legislation, and eleven states…