| Theme | Support for Dialysis Patients' Families | |
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| Title | Support for families of patients with renal failure and malignant tumors | |
| Publish Date | 1998/10 | |
| Author | Akiko Syobu | Department of nursing, Kokura Daiichi Hospital |
| Author | Kimie Maeda | MSW, Kokura Daiichi Hospital |
| Author | Sadatoshi Nakamura | Department of Internal Medicine, Kokura Daiichi Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | When dispensing terminal medical care, medical staff members, should treat and support not only the patient but also his or her family who have a great of anxiety about the dying patient. The following concerns and methods are particularly important in terminal medical care for patients and their families. 1) To care for them sympathy. 2) To try to maintain good relationships between the patient and his orher family. 3) To support the patient's and the family's hopes or opinions of their medical treatment. 4) Create a wide range of support by good co-operations between doctors, social workers and other medical staff members. Quality and quantity understanding of the patient's background and appropriate support for the family are particularly essential in delivering the best care for patients in terminal stages illnesses. Secondly, maintaining good relationships between the patient and his or her family is important. This will encourage the patient who is in the final portion of his or her life and support him or her in dying as a dignified human being. |
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