A Guide to Psychosocial and Spiritual Care at the End of Life by Henry S. Perkins

Author:Henry S. Perkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

Family Stress Relievers in Terminal Illness

Certain factors can help counteract a family’s stressors during a terminal illness. These stress relievers cluster into five categories, four of which match exactly the categories for stressors: the family’s response to the patient’s terminal illness , information about the illness, communications from HPs, and patterns of care (Table 8.4). The one different category is the family’s response to the patient’s death . I describe elements of each category in the following sections.Table 8.4Stress relievers for families during a terminal illness

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