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Palliative medicine family conferences and caregiver psychological distress during prolonged mechanical ventilation

2023-11-17Journal article Open access
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dc.contributor.authorLaranjeira, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorI. Querido, Ana
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-17T14:00:02Z
dc.date.available2024-01-17T14:00:02Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-17
dc.descriptionFunding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractWe read with great interest the recent paper ‘Palliative medicine family conferences and caregiver psychological distress during prolonged mechanical ventilation’.1 It explored caregiver perspectives on the role of palliative care and quality of dying and death (QODD) after prolonged mechanical ventilation, to understand the psychological symptoms of caregivers. Several studies have shown that the primary caregiver and other family members of critically ill patients experience significant psychological and physical issues.2 For this reason, effective communication with patients and their family caregivers is central to high-quality palliative care. However, it appears that most family conferences occur without any protocol or formal structure. The absence of a framework in family conferences results in a greater risk of missed opportunities to provide medical information and appropriate support for family caregivers.3 The diversity of patient and family caregiver reactions to end-of-life issues can be understood (from a psychological standpoint) based on a transactional model of coping, where cognitive assessments help establish the possible effect of a potentially stressful event. This model has been widely used in other interventions that help family caregivers feel more trained and better informed about assisting a dying relative …pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationLaranjeira C, Querido AIPalliative medicine family conferences and caregiver psychological distress during prolonged mechanical ventilationBMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2023;13:432-433.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002499pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2045-435X
dc.identifier.issn2045-4368
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/9304
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Grouppt_PT
dc.relation.ispartofseries4;
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32887728/pt_PT
dc.subjectClinical decisionspt_PT
dc.subjectCommunicationpt_PT
dc.subjectSupportive carept_PT
dc.subjectTerminal carept_PT
dc.titlePalliative medicine family conferences and caregiver psychological distress during prolonged mechanical ventilationpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage433pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage432pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSupportive & Palliative Carept_PT
oaire.citation.volume13pt_PT
person.familyNameLaranjeira
person.familyNameQuerido
person.givenNameCarlos
person.givenNameAna
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