
pmid: 17336867
Noncompliance of family caregivers can present home hospice nurses with difficult ethical choices and powerful feelings about those choices. This is particularly so when family members do not adequately palliate their loved ones, resulting in treatable symptom distress during the dying process. This article presents a case study, moral analysis, and an evidence-based, practical plan of action for engaging family members of palliative care patients on a home hospice service.
Male, Evidence-Based Medicine, Attitude of Health Personnel, Communication, Pain, Patient Advocacy, Morals, Choice Behavior, Home Care Services, Nurse's Role, Patient Care Planning, Conflict, Psychological, Hospice Care, Caregivers, Colonic Neoplasms, Humans, Family, Nursing Staff, Ethical Analysis, Aged
Male, Evidence-Based Medicine, Attitude of Health Personnel, Communication, Pain, Patient Advocacy, Morals, Choice Behavior, Home Care Services, Nurse's Role, Patient Care Planning, Conflict, Psychological, Hospice Care, Caregivers, Colonic Neoplasms, Humans, Family, Nursing Staff, Ethical Analysis, Aged
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