Palliative medicine
Ostgathe C, Nauck F, Klaschik E (2006)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article, Review article
Publication year: 2006
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Publisher: Hans Marseille Vertrieb Medizinische Zeitschriften
Book Volume: 47
Pages Range: 355-366
Journal Issue: 2
Abstract
The increasing mechanisation of medicine lead to a disregard of patients with incurable diseases. This deficiency was the starting point for the modern hospice movement and palliative medicine. The development of palliative medicine in Germany has been rather dynamic over the last years and a growing infrastructure of palliative services (palliative care unit, hospice, hospital support team, home care service) has emerged. In addition to that a specialisation for physicians in palliative medicine was defined and palliative medicine was integrated into the training of all clinical specialities (e.g. gynaecology). Competence in pain therapy and symptom control as well as the willingness to deal with ethical decisions at the end of life and to communicate honestly and openly with the patient and his next of kin can make a death in dignity and self-determination possible. Through this attitude palliative medicine can be understood as an alternative to notions to legalise euthanasia in Germany. The presented article is an overview on the development of palliative medicine in Germany and focuses on the treatment of the most common symptoms of patients with terminal diseases.
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APA:
Ostgathe, C., Nauck, F., & Klaschik, E. (2006). Palliative medicine. Tägliche Praxis, 47(2), 355-366.
MLA:
Ostgathe, Christoph, Friedemann Nauck, and Eberhardt Klaschik. "Palliative medicine." Tägliche Praxis 47.2 (2006): 355-366.
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