ENHANCHING VITALITY AT END OF LIFE

legal aspects of end of life and end stage disease

Abstract:  Aims: End of Life (EOL) care providers potentially face by variety of legal and professional dilemma. This study is designed to review and analyze these challenges and approaches to solve them. Materials & Methods:   In this narrative review study, legal aspects of end-of-life care in subjects such as medical assisted dying, decision-making capacity and withdrawal of life-sustaining...

Dimensions of Futility at the End of Life: Nurses’ Experiences in Intensive Care Units

Background and aims: The concept and meaning of futile care depends on the existing culture, values,religion, beliefs, medical achievements, and emotional status of a country. In Iran, futile care hasbecome a challenge for nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs). Considering the differencesobserved in defining futile care based on the patients’ conditions and the nurses’...

Conversations at the end of life.

Family caregiving at the end of life.

A caregiver, defined as “a person who provides direct care (to children, elderly people or the chronically ill),” can be either formal (a trained health care worker) or informal (family or friend). In any given year, an estimated 29% of the United States population, or 65 million people, are caregivers. In Rhode Island, approximately 110,000 people were caregivers in 2004, 10% of the state’s po...

Palliative Care at the End of Life.

OBJECTIVES To describe the process of symptom management in the care of oncology patients with advanced cancer. DATA SOURCES Journal articles, evidence-based reviews, textbooks, and clinical guidelines. CONCLUSION Symptom management is an essential component of oncology nursing practice that improves quality of life for patients and families throughout the cancer trajectory. IMPLICATIONS ...