PSYC 3570 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5 & 6: Palliative Care, Cryonics, Organ Donation
4 Nov 2016
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Chapter 5 notes hospice and palliative care. Guidelines for hospice care (developed by the international work group on death & dying) Proposed standards recommended by the international task force. Patients, family, and staff all have legitimate needs and interests. Patient-oriented standards: remission of symptoms is a treatment goals important to the patient, and for experiencing the final moments in a way that is meaningful to the patient. Family-oriented standards: families should have the opportunity to discuss dying, death, and related emotional needs with the staff, families should have the opportunity for privacy with the dying person both while living and immediately after death. Staff-oriented standards: caregivers should have adequate time to form an maintain personal relationships with the patient, a mutual support network should exist among the staff. St. christopher"s a home-care program style hospice crucial and can improve a patients innovation. Staff recognizes that the first few minutes of the admission process are very.
