Brandt K
Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, 300 East Bay Drive, Largo, FL 33770, USA.
J Med Pract Manage. 2001 Mar-Apr;16(5):232-6.
People living with a life-limiting illness require expert medical care to control often debilitating symptoms. Beyond physical care issues, people at the end of life also need emotional and spiritual support for themselves and their loved ones. Hospices offer a range of services via an interdisciplinary team to meet the specialized needs of people at the end of life. This article will explore the physician-hospice partnership and the benefits to patients, family caregivers, and physicians when hospice care is accessed early in the dying process. Benefits of interdisciplinary, patient/family-directed care will be discussed. The range of palliative services being offered by many hospices will also be presented as a mechanism to increase access to end-of-life services for patients and family caregivers.
患有危及生命疾病的人需要专业医疗护理来控制常常使人虚弱的症状。除了身体护理问题，临终患者还需要为自己和亲人提供情感和精神支持。临终关怀机构通过多学科团队提供一系列服务，以满足临终患者的特殊需求。本文将探讨医生与临终关怀机构的合作关系，以及在临终过程早期接受临终关怀护理时对患者、家庭护理人员和医生的益处。还将讨论多学科、以患者/家庭为导向的护理的益处。许多临终关怀机构提供的姑息治疗服务范围也将作为一种机制呈现出来，以增加患者和家庭护理人员获得临终服务的机会。
