Cameron J, Parkes C M
Postgrad Med J. 1983 Feb;59(688):73-8. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.59.688.73.
To evaluate the effects on the family of a comprehensive programme of terminal cancer care, 20 close relatives of patients who had died in a Palliative Care Unit (PCU) were compared with a matched group of 20 relatives of patients who had died of cancer in other wards of the same teaching hospital. Interviewed by telephone 1 year and 2 weeks after bereavement, relatives of PCU patients report significantly fewer psychological symptoms and less lasting grief and anger than relatives of patients who had died elsewhere. Factors thought to have contributed to good outcomes were successful relief of pain, awareness by relatives of the coming death of the patient and support given to relatives after bereavement. Two case examples illustrate these findings.
为评估晚期癌症综合护理方案对患者家庭的影响，将在姑息治疗病房（PCU）死亡患者的20名近亲与同一教学医院其他病房癌症死亡患者的20名匹配亲属进行了比较。在丧亲后1年零2周通过电话进行访谈，PCU患者的亲属报告的心理症状明显少于在其他地方死亡患者的亲属，悲伤和愤怒持续的时间也更短。被认为促成良好结果的因素包括成功缓解疼痛、亲属对患者即将死亡的认知以及丧亲后给予亲属的支持。两个案例说明了这些发现。
