DOI: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000416400.63410.fa

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PMID: 22797362

Issn Print: 0744-6314

Publication Date: 2012/08/01


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Managing care at the end of life

Ashley Hodo; Leisha Buller

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Both the physiologic changes that occur and the multitude of feelings experienced by the patient are highly individualized at the end of life. Nursing care is crucial for creating a peaceful end-of-life experience. Family—a term that includes all significant others—is an important part of end-of-life care. The goal isn't to optimize care by using the most cutting-edge, advanced treatment because this frequently results in overtreatment. Rather, the goal at the end of life is to mollify distressing symptoms through the judicious use of comfort measures to enhance quality of life (QOL) and achieve a peaceful death.
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