Oates Lyle
Cabrini Health, Melbourne, 646 High Street, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia.
Int J Palliat Nurs. 2004 Oct;10(10):485-90. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.2004.10.10.16213.
Spiritual care is an integral component of palliative care, whatever a patient's diagnosis. This article looks at spiritual care from the perspective of providing care for patients living with end-stage heart failure. Such patients face many debilitating symptoms and much uncertainty. The issues of how spiritual needs should be addressed, what spiritual care entails, and the most appropriate person to provide spiritual care are examined.
无论患者的诊断结果如何，精神关怀都是姑息治疗不可或缺的组成部分。本文从为终末期心力衰竭患者提供护理的角度审视精神关怀。这类患者面临许多使人衰弱的症状和诸多不确定性。文中探讨了应如何满足精神需求、精神关怀包含哪些内容以及提供精神关怀的最合适人选等问题。
