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Issues with dying patients.

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    The Medical Journal of Australia
    |April 22, 1978
    PubMed
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    Doctors often ignore death, interfering with holistic patient care. Understanding the dying process is crucial to prevent suffering, especially as more patients die in medical settings.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Ethics
    • Thanatology
    • Palliative Care

    Background:

    • Doctors care for patients throughout their lives, yet often adopt a combative role against death.
    • This adversarial stance can hinder a holistic approach to patient care.
    • Societal and medical norms often lead to the avoidance of discussing death and dying.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the reasons behind doctors' positions regarding death and dying.
    • To examine shared mechanisms used by doctors and patients to ignore death.
    • To understand the nature of death anxiety and its impact on end-of-life care.

    Main Methods:

    • This paper presents a conceptual analysis and review of existing literature.
    • It synthesizes perspectives from medical ethics, psychology, and sociology.

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  • The study explores the psychological and systemic factors influencing end-of-life care.

    • Main Results:

    • Doctors' roles as 'warriors against death' can lead to the neglect of the dying process.
    • Shared avoidance mechanisms between patients and physicians contribute to ignoring death.
    • Fear of death influences clinical decision-making and patient-physician communication.

    Conclusions:

    • A deeper understanding of the dying process by physicians is essential.
    • Addressing the fear of death is critical for improving end-of-life care.
    • Shifting focus from solely combating death to facilitating a peaceful dying process can prevent unnecessary suffering.