The Paradox of Nursing Terminal Patients in a Belgian General Hospital

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13627764
AutoresStefan Timmerman (0000-0002-4751-2893, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, autor correspondente)
Ano1993
Volume27
Fascículo4
Páginas281-293
Data de publicação1993-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/e76b-1v79-ctc4-trfj
OpenAlexW1964164676
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas13

This article presents an empirical analysis of how nurses deal with terminal and dying patients in two inpatient wards in a Belgian general hospital. The starting point for the analysis is the observation that nurses often feel dissatisfied with their terminal caregiving. These feelings are traced back to KUbler-Ross' psychodynamic conception of terminal care. Based on the everyday practice of nurses interacting with terminal patients, a broader definition of terminal care is suggested: Terminal care or care of dying patients includes specific physical, social, religious and psychological services, given to a terminal patient and the family or significant others, to obtain as high a level of comfort as possible. The implications of this definition are further examined for the problem of burnout and stress

Burnout · Feeling · Palliative care · Psychodynamics · Psychotherapist · Terminal (telecommunication · Terminal care · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Family Support in Illness · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology