Towards a palliative care approach in psychiatry: do we need a new definition?
end-of-life
mentally Ill and disabled persons
palliative care
psychiatry
quality/value of life/personhood
Journal
Journal of medical ethics
ISSN: 1473-4257
Titre abrégé: J Med Ethics
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7513619
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2019
01 2019
Historique:
received:
09
05
2018
revised:
28
08
2018
accepted:
01
09
2018
pubmed:
30
9
2018
medline:
28
4
2020
entrez:
30
9
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Psychiatry today is mainly practised within a curative framework. However, many mental disorders are persistent and negatively affect quality of life as well as life expectancy. This tension between treatment goals and the actual illness trajectory has evoked a growing academic interest in 'palliative psychiatry', namely the application of a palliative care approach in patients with severe persistent mental illness. Recently, Trachsel
Identifiants
pubmed: 30266796
pii: medethics-2018-104944
doi: 10.1136/medethics-2018-104944
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
26-30Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.