Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about attending to the existential experience Editorial
| Authors: | Tarbi, E. C.; Moore, C. M.; Wallace, C. L.; Beaussant, Y.; Broden, E. G.; Chammas, D.; Galchutt, P.; Gilchrist, D.; Hayden, A.; Morgan, B.; Rosenberg, L. B.; Sager, Z.; Solomon, S.; Rosa, W. E.; Chochinov, H. M. |
| Title: | Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about attending to the existential experience |
| Abstract: | Identifying and attending to the existential needs of persons with serious illness and their care partners are integral to whole-person palliative care (PC). Yet, many PC clinicians, due to individual factors and wider systemic barriers, are ill-prepared and under-resourced to navigate the existential dimension. In this article, written from clinical, research, and lived experiences, we offer tips to empower PC clinicians to understand, recognize, and respond to patients' and care partners' existential experiences by leveraging their existing skills, collaborating closely with colleagues, exploring their own existential experience, and implementing evidence-based interventions. We propose that by prioritizing existential care within PC, we can shift the culture of health care to better affirm the humanity of both patients and clinicians. |
| Keywords: | palliative care; communication; attitude of health personnel; philosophy; professional-patient relations; health personnel; collaboration; human; male; female; life experiences; humanism |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Palliative Medicine |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 1096-6218 |
| Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc |
| Date Published: | 2024-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 1379 |
| End Page: | 1389 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1089/jpm.2024.0070 |
| PROVIDER: | EBSCOhost |
| PROVIDER: | cinahl plus with full text |
| PUBMED: | 38546453 |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Accession Number: 180328312 -- Entry Date: 20241024 -- Revision Date: 20241024 -- Publication Type: Journal Article; tables/charts -- Journal Subset: Biomedical; Peer Reviewed; USA -- Special Interest: Palliative Care/Hospice -- NLM UID: 9808462. -- Source: CINAHL Plus with Full Text |
