Living with dignity to the End of Life

Authors

  • Gloria Saavedra Muñoz Hospital La Magdalena
  • Pilar Barreto Martín Universidad de Valencia

Keywords:

Palliative care, elderly patient, counselling, psychological intervention.

Abstract

End of life elderly patient’s care require a specialized approach that involves the different characteristics of this population. Specific attention needs, as well as attending the people around will avoid the often nihilistic attitudes that have been held along the care of elders. In this paper we review those aspects that can facilitate greater patient comfort in an end of life context: emotional support, health promotion, care to cognitive impairment and psychopathologies that may occur. Agony accompanying and the support of their loved ones are also important for this proposal.

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Author Biographies

Gloria Saavedra Muñoz, Hospital La Magdalena

Psicóloga Clínica. Hospital La Magdalena. Cuadra Collet, 32 (Partida Bovalar).12004. Castellón

Pilar Barreto Martín, Universidad de Valencia

Catedrática de Psicología Clínica. Universidad de Valencia. Blasco Ibáñez, 21. 46010. Valencia

Published

2013-06-03

How to Cite

Saavedra Muñoz, G., & Barreto Martín, P. (2013). Living with dignity to the End of Life. INFORMACIO PSICOLOGICA, (104), 29–38. Retrieved from https://informaciopsicologica.info/revista/article/view/27