The Physician's Role in Responding to Existential Suffering: What Does It Mean to Comfort Always?

被引：17

作者：

Amonoo, Hermioni L. ^{[1
,2
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Harris, Jennifer H. ^{[2
]}

Murphy, William S. ^{[3
]}

Abrahm, Janet L. ^{[1
,3
]}

Peteet, John R. ^{[1
,2
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]}

机构：

[1] Dana Farber Canc Inst, Dept Psychosocial Oncol & Palliat Care, 60 Fenwood Rd,4th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[2] Brigham & Womens Hosp, Dept Psychiat, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[3] Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA 02115 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE | 2020年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

existential suffering; palliative care; mental health; spiritual care; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPIRITUAL CARE; LIFE; END; DEPRESSION; QUALITY; THERAPY;

D O I：

10.1177/0825859719839332

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Existential suffering is commonly experienced by patients with serious medical illnesses despite the advances in the treatment of physical and psychological symptoms that often accompany incurable diseases. Palliative care (PC) clinicians wishing to help these patients are faced with many barriers including the inability to identify existential suffering, lack of training in how to address it, and time constraints. Although mental health and spiritual care providers play an instrumental role in addressing the existential needs of patients, PC clinicians are uniquely positioned to coordinate the necessary resources for addressing existential suffering in their patients. With this article, we present a case of a patient in existential distress and a framework to equip PC clinicians to assess and address existential suffering.

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