Supportive and Palliative Care Attitude for Cancer Patients

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the importance of palliative care and attitude towards end-of-life among cancer patients. Besides, it will focus on how the attitude towards cancer patients is defined and structured, and what are some of the factors that can have an effect on attitude. A person’s attitude towards an object (person, events, things) is determined by their feelings, emotions, beliefs, knowledge, and cultural attitudes (ethnic, racial, and religious factor). Moreover, the current chapter will try to clarify the misconceptions and fears of patients and caregivers towards palliative care and how we should try to change public perception. Attitudes towards palliative care are important not only to healthcare professionals but also to patients and their family members’ attitudes toward cancer. The quality of life of a cancer patient has a direct connection with the professional and nonprofessional caregiver’s knowledge of supportive care and attitude towards end-of-life care. Supportive and palliative care is an important component of the spectrum of health care services in the delivery of the best practices for cancer patients. Health care professionals play pivotal roles in the delivery of palliative care for cancer patients as they have to provide health care services with a positive attitude and also be prepared mentally.

Pacientų Ir Jų Artimųjų Požiūris Į Paliatyviosios Pagalbos Komandos Veiklą

“…Lietuvoje taip pat atlikta keletas tyrimų, kuriuose pateikiamos tam tikros užuomazgos apie paliatyviosios pagalbos komandas: paliatyviosios pagalbos komandos sudėtis kinta priklausomai nuo pagalbos apimties ir paciento gyvenamosios vietos [22], komandos paslaugos turėtų būti prieinamos visą parą [23], būtina taikyti atvejo vadybos principus [24], komandą turi sudaryti ne tik specialistai, bet į jos veiklą būtina įtraukti ir artimuosius [25]. Literatūros šaltinių analizės rezultatai parodė, kad pacientų ir jų artimųjų atliekamas asmens sveikatos priežiūros paslaugų kokybės vertinimas yra subjektyvus, neišvengiamas, atliekamas tik po paslaugos gavimo, jos neįmanoma įvertinti iki paslaugos gavimo, o komandinė veikla neabejotinai gali paveikti vertinimo rezultatus [26][27][28]. Dėl nevisiškai ištirto pacientų požiūrio į paliatyviosios pagalbos komandos veiklą, tikslinga atlikti išsamesnę šio reiškinio analizę.…”

“…Į kiekvieną teiginį tyrimo dalyvių prašyta išreikšti savo pritarimą penkių balo Likert skalėje, kur 1 reiškė "visiškai nepritariu", o 5 − "visiškai pritariu". Tyrimo priemonė buvo sudaryta pagal jau atliktų tyrimų rezultatus [4,[10][11][12][13]17,[25][26][27] ir šio tyrimo autoriaus patirtį. Įvertinus klausimų vidinį suderinamumą, gautas aukštas patikimumo lygmuo (Cronabch alfa -0,958), todėl tyrimo priemonę nuspręsta naudoti tolesniam tyrimo atlikimui.…”

Ethics in Palliative Care

“…The team's palliative and supportive care is especially and serves them with holistic services including as emotional, spiritual, functional, and physical support. Healthcare professionals play crucial roles in the delivery of PC for cancer patients as they have to provide healthcare services with a positive attitude and also be prepared mentally [4].…”

“…Delgersuren Gelegjamts 1,2 *, Khulan Gaalan 3 and Batbagana Burenerdene 4 1 Chosun University, South Korea 2 Mongolian National University, Mongolia 3 Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Mongolia 4 Seojeong College, Yanju, South Korea *Address all correspondence to: degijulie@gmail.com From the perspectives of patients, there is considerable debate regarding the ethical implications of physician-assisted dying; the patient's self-determination rights, competence, beliefs, and values form the basis for these decisions [9]. The physician-assisted death is a more respectful and dignified way for terminally ill patients to die.…”

“…It involves a multi-disciplinary team that provides medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support to a person and family members [3]. The QOL of life of a cancer patient has a direct connection with the professional and nonprofessional caregiver's knowledge of supportive care and attitude toward end-of-life (EOL) care [4].…”