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Suffering, loss and grief in palliative care
Elizabeth A Lobb1, Josephine M Clayton, Melanie A Price
1Western Australian Centre for Cancer & Palliative Care, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, and Department of Palliative Care, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. e.lobb@ecu.edu.au
Australian Family Physician
|October 5, 2006
Summary
Palliative care addresses psychosocial needs in life-limiting illnesses, reducing patient and family distress. General practitioners can improve quality of life through effective communication and support, including managing grief.
Area of Science:
- Palliative Care
- Psychosocial Oncology
Background:
- Advancing and incurable illnesses cause significant distress for patients, families, and caregivers.
- Palliative care focuses on improving quality of life for individuals with life-limiting conditions.
- It involves early identification and management of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual suffering.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline psychosocial issues in palliative care.
- To provide communication strategies for general practitioners (GPs) to address patient concerns.
- To discuss anticipatory and complicated grief and offer resources.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and synthesis of psychosocial issues in palliative care.
- Development of communication strategies tailored for GPs.
- Identification and discussion of grief reactions and support resources.
Main Results:
- Palliative care requires addressing a wide range of patient and family needs.
- Effective communication is crucial for GPs to elicit and manage psychosocial concerns.
- Anticipatory and complicated grief are significant issues requiring specific management approaches.
Conclusions:
- GPs play a vital role in alleviating distress and suffering in palliative care.
- Collaboration with other services enhances support for patients and families.
- GP self-care is essential for sustained provision of palliative care.
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