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Making Sense Of Family Communication About And At The End Of Life: Family Communication Around End-Of-Life Planning And Decision Making, April R. Trees, Jennifer E. Ohs
Making Sense Of Family Communication About And At The End Of Life: Family Communication Around End-Of-Life Planning And Decision Making, April R. Trees, Jennifer E. Ohs
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
Families faced with end-of-life (EOL) decisions on behalf of a family member are charged with honoring a care recipient’s wishes, which may or may not be clear to them. The process of decision making is challenging for surrogate decision makers and their families, and it often results in suboptimal decisions that fail to meet the best interests of the patients, cause stress for family members, and burden the legal and medical systems. Effective family communication, something that legal representatives, medical professionals, and social workers are often in positions to influence, can enhance the quality of EOL care planning and decisions. …
Cura Personalis: A Healthcare Delivery Quandary At The End Of Life, George P. Smith Ii
Cura Personalis: A Healthcare Delivery Quandary At The End Of Life, George P. Smith Ii
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
Holistic Medicine traces its provenance to the foundational value or chrism of the Society of Jesus of cura personalis which directs respect be given to all individuals and to their souls — especially whenever medical healing is required. Today, the notion of best patient care should include not merely attention to somatic issues of refractory pain management but, equally, to non-somatic or existential suffering. It is at the end-stage of life that palliative — as opposed to curative — care must be provided. When a condition is seen as medically futile, this Article advocates palliative or deep sedation — when …
A Nudge In The Right Direction With A Stick The Size Of Cms: Physician-Patient Communication At The End Of Life, Katherine B. Ledden
A Nudge In The Right Direction With A Stick The Size Of Cms: Physician-Patient Communication At The End Of Life, Katherine B. Ledden
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
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