Year: 2008
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Integration of palliative care with other medical specialties — opinions of nephrologists The palliative and hospice care in Poland is offered mostly to patients with cancer in its terminal stages. According to the modern definition of palliative care, it should include patients with other chronic and advanced diseases. The goal of the study was to evaluate the knowledge and awareness in Polish nephrology specialists, concerning the problems of palliative care in patients with chronic renal failure. Anonymous surveys were carried out among 59 nephrologists (30 men and 29 women, with an average age of 42). Sixty percent of the respondents claimed that the quality of life is the criteria for effective treatment, while only 25 % put biochemical parameters in the first position. Almost 80 % of the respondents believe that dialysis patients do not receive proper psychological care and almost 90 % state the same in relation to social care. Similar answers are given in relation to satisfying the spiritual needs and family support. More than 66 % of nephrologists believe that doctors and nephrology nurses should be involved in the palliative care. More than half of nephrologists were forced to make the decision to abandon the dialysis therapy in patients with
Source: Via Medica Journals
Author: Monika Lichodziejewska‐Niemierko
Institution: Gdańsk Medical University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2588917372