Quintal Vanessa, Reis-Pina Paulo
Unidade de Cuidados de Saúde Personalizados Sete Rios. Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Lisboa Norte. Lisboa. Portugal.
Unidade de Cuidados Paliativos Bento Menni. Casa de Saúde da Idanha. Sintra. Centro de Medicina Paliativa. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. Portugal.
Acta Med Port. 2021 Oct 1;34(10):690-692. doi: 10.20344/amp.13164. Epub 2020 Sep 15.
There are still many cases where traditional medical care does not provide a realistic solution for patients with devastating diseases so other interventions should be adopted. We present a case report of a 76 year-old woman admitted to a Palliative Care unit due to stage IV colon adenocarcinoma, and we describe the contribution of a six-year-old Yorkshire terrier in her symptom management. Animal-assisted therapy can be of great use in palliative care, contributing to the patients' pain management, relief from suffering and improvement of quality of life.
在许多情况下，传统医疗护理无法为患有严重疾病的患者提供切实可行的解决方案，因此应采用其他干预措施。我们报告了一例76岁女性因IV期结肠腺癌入住姑息治疗病房的病例，并描述了一只6岁的约克夏梗犬在其症状管理中的作用。动物辅助疗法在姑息治疗中可能非常有用，有助于患者的疼痛管理、减轻痛苦和提高生活质量。
