Understanding of the Concept of "Total Pain"

Mehta, Anita; Chan, Lisa

doi:10.1097/01.njh.0000306714.50539.1a

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“…An absence of meaning, connectedness, and acceptance, provokes disconnectedness, often leading to desolation and alienation (de Souza 2012; Emblen and Pesut 2001;Fillion et al 2006). Rising out of neediness within the human spirit (McGrath 2002;Mehta and Chan 2008), spiritual disconnectedness is a highly personal and subjective matter that only the individual can describe and assess completely (McGrath 2002;. Disconnectedness can occur with the Self, with Other, with creation, and with mystery and transcendence through both psychological and religious expressions.…”

Section: How Spirituality Is Understood In Community-based Palliativementioning

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Spirituality across Disciplines: Research and Practice:

Souza

Bone

Watson

2016

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Section: How Spirituality Is Understood In Community-based Palliativementioning

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Spirituality across Disciplines: Research and Practice:

Souza

Bone

Watson

2016

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“…In her understanding, pain contains four indivisible causative axes: a physical, a psychological, a social and a spiritual dimension. Each of these needs to be adequately assessed and treated in order to provide full relief of pain [24,25]. Eventually, this holistic approach may be applied in the same manner to all other symptoms, to truly address the afflicted patient as a whole person.…”

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The lung cancer patient, the pneumologist and palliative care: a developing alliance

Blum

Schönfeld

2014

Eur Respir J

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Considerable evidence is now available on the value of palliative care for lung cancer patients in all stages and at all times during the course of the disease. However, pneumologists and their institutions seem to be widely in arrears with the implementation of palliative care concepts and the development of integrated structures.This review focuses on the available evidence and experience of various frequently unmet needs of lung cancer patients, especially psychological, social, spiritual and cultural ones. A PubMed search for evidence on these aspects of palliative care as well as on barriers to the implementation, on outcome parameters and effectiveness, and on structure and process quality was performed with a special focus on lung cancer patients.As a consequence, this review particularly draws pneumologists' attention to improving their skills in communication with the patients, their relatives and among themselves, and to establish team structures with more far-reaching competences and continuity than existing multilateral cooperations and conferences can provide. Ideally, any process of structural and procedural improvement should be accompanied by scientific evaluation and measures for quality optimisation. @ERSpublications Pneumologists should get more widely involved in palliative care for lung cancer patients

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“…The annual cost of pain treatment in the United States is an estimated $100 billion in health care experiences and at least $60 billion in lost productivity. 3 Pain management, particularly in patients with chronic pain, is a complex issue that impacts many individuals daily. In 2008, state and federal government medical expenditures for pain totaled $99 million.…”

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“…2 The total cost estimate for chronic pain in the United States is estimated at $560 to $635 billion per year. 3 The search question for this investigation is as follows: Are complementary pain management therapies, including aromatherapy, music therapy, massage, and cranial still point induction, beneficial as adjunct therapies for pain management and comfort in patients with chronic pain? 1 It has been estimated that up to 25 million people in the world die in pain each day.…”

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