| Theme |
Sense of loss of dialysis patients -- support for understanding and overcoming |
| Title |
Sense of loss experienced by patients undergoing hemodialysis and effective grief care for such patients |
| Author |
Naoshi Horikawa |
Department of Psychiatry, Kawagoe Clinic, Saitama Medical University |
| [ Summary ] |
Hemodialysis patients have various loss experiences and demonstrate several symptoms of grief. The aim of grief care for hemodialysis patients is to relieve them of the burdensome feelings of grief and to help them with "psychological adaptation to illness." To achieve this goal it is extremely important to be good listeners and listen actively to patients as they describe their sense of loss and their feelings and cognition, as well as to precisely understand what they wish to convey. |