Stoma-related considerations in palliative patients

Br J Community Nurs. 2021 Oct 2;26(10):494-497. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2021.26.10.494.ABSTRACTIn the community there are about 200 000 people with a stoma. Some of these may have been performed as a palliative procedure to relieve a bowel obstruction, for example. Alternatively, the condition of the patient may have altered. A person with a stoma may, for many reasons, be approaching the end of life. There are a number of stoma-related issues that can occur at the end of life as a result of cancer treatment, such as skin around the stoma being damaged as a result of chemotherapy or changes in weight.…
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