This article has 3 goals: To describe the attitudes and experiences of staff on end-of-life care treatment of dying persons, to examine how the staff view their terminally ill patients, and to gather professionals' opinions ...

Background: The acute nature of COVID-19 and its effects on society in terms of social distancing and quarantine regulations affect the provision of palliative care for people with dementia who live in long-term care ...

Palliative care is considered integral care for patients whose disease no longer responds to the so-called curative treatment. It is a differentiated approach to care that aims to improve the quality of life of patients, ...

Background Decrease in oral intake, weight loss, and muscular weakness in the last phases of a terminal illness, particularly in the context of the cachexiaanorexia syndrome, can be an important source of anxiety for the ...

Introduction: The presence of professional exhaustion in the palliative care team negatively affects health, the family and social environment, the institution where they work and the people to whom they provide their ...

Introduction: End-of-life care should be marked by the re-appraisal of the spiritual dimension. Objective: This work sought to understand the role of spirituality in the lives of families with a loved one in end-of-life ...

El final de la vida por una enfermedad terminal es un proceso que requiere de especial cuidado por el sistema de salud, en donde intervienen disciplinas como la psicología, en este articulo se presenta la revisión de 55 ...