MIND THE GAP: PALLIATIVE CARE KNOWLEDGE AMONG CARDIOVASCULAR CLINICIANS

A framework for understanding moral distress among palliative care clinicians.

BACKGROUND Palliative care clinicians confront suffering as they care for people living with life-limiting conditions. When the degree of suffering becomes unjustified, moral distress can ensue. Promising work from neuroscience and social psychology has yet to be applied to clinical practice. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to expand a social psychology model focusing on empathy and compassion in...

Nurses’ Knowledge of Palliative Care and Its Related Factors

Introduction: Palliative care is the science of promoting the patient’s quality of life. It can improve the quality of life of a patient, which is effective not only in patient’s late-life but also useful in dealing with a chronic illness over many years. In this regard, nurses, as the largest providers of health care services, play an important role in palliative care. Objective: This study a...

Prevalence and Predictors of Burnout Among Hospice and Palliative Care Clinicians in the U.S.

CONTEXT Many clinical disciplines report high rates of burnout, which lead to low quality of care. Palliative care clinicians routinely manage patients with significant suffering, aiming to improve quality of life. As a major role of palliative care clinicians involves educating patients and caregivers regarding identifying priorities and balancing stress, we wondered how clinician self-managem...

Palliative Care Knowledge among Bachelors of Science Nursing Students

Palliative Care Among Chumash People

Chumash Healers used breathing therapy and counseling to keep patients involved in daily life and to avoid depression. Heat therapy, massage and pain medications were used to help with pain. Another primary function of the Healer was to help the patient sleep as normally as possible, possibly using mugwort or momoy. Nutrition was considered by Healers in treating their patients. The overall con...