Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2021 Sep 28;72(3):225-231. doi: 10.2478/aiht-2021-72-3556.ABSTRACTThe Job Demands-Control-Support (JDCS) model has seldom been tested in palliative care settings, and occupational well-being of palliative care professionals has never before been investigated in Croatia. Our aim was therefore to fill that gap by testing the JDCS model among Croatian nurses providing palliative care. More specifically, we wanted to see how job demands, job control, and social support at work affect occupational well-being outcomes (i.e. job satisfaction and burnout dimensions of exhaustion and disengagement from work) in terms of the model’s iso-strain and buffer hypotheses. This cross-sectional study included 68…
Origen: Job demands, job control, and social support as predictors of job satisfaction and burnout in Croatian palliative care nurses – PubMed

Rev Bras Enferm. 2021 Sep 24;75(1):e20210029. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0029. eCollection 2021.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: to analyze nurses’ role in assisting patients in palliative care, with emphasis on the spiritual dimension, in the light of Theory of Human Caring.METHODS: this is an exploratory, qualitative study, carried out in a hospital in João Pessoa, Paraíba, between August and December 2019, with 10 nurses. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were used. For analysis, we opted for content analysis.RESULTS: the spiritual dimension of care is contemplated by several religious and spiritual practices. These are respected and encouraged by nurses, although there is difficulty in providing care for the…
Origen: Nurses' performance in palliative care: spiritual care in the light of Theory of Human Caring – PubMed

BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Sep 27;21(1):1019. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07042-7.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Patients diagnosed with oesophageal and gastric cancer face a poor prognosis and numerous challenges of symptom management, lifestyle adjustments and complex treatment regimens. The multifaceted care needs and rapid disease progression reinforce the need for proactive and coherent health care. According to the national cancer strategy, providing coherent health care and palliative support is an area of priority. More knowledge is needed about health care utilization and the characteristics of the health care service in order to understand the readiness, accessibility and quality of current health care. The aim of this…
Origen: Health care utilization among patients with oesophageal and gastric cancer: the impact of initial treatment strategy and assignment of a contact nurse – PubMed

Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Sep 1;57(9):924. doi: 10.3390/medicina57090924.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacies of the current healthcare system and needs a paradigm change to one that is holistic and community based, illustrated by the healing wheel. The present paper proposes that existential positive psychology (PP 2.0) represents a promising approach to meet the rising needs in palliative care. This framework has a twofold emphasis on (a) how to transcend and transform suffering as the foundation for wellbeing and (b) how to cultivate our spiritual and existential capabilities to achieve personal growth and flourishing. We propose that these objectives can be…
Origen: Existential Suffering in Palliative Care: An Existential Positive Psychology Perspective – PubMed

Rev Infirm. 2021 Oct;70(274):28-30. doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2021.07.007. Epub 2021 Jul 16.ABSTRACTIn the palliative care unit, the care and treatment provided are aimed at optimizing the quality of life and not the quantity of life. Food is adjusted to the patient’s condition and is primarily oriented towards pleasure food.PMID:34565533 | DOI:10.1016/j.revinf.2021.07.007
Origen: Advocacy for food and wine in palliative care – PubMed