Palliative Care as Response to Suffering at End of Life

• Authors: Daniela Moşoiu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Persons suffering from chronic and life limiting illnesses often have unrelieved symptoms such as pain, depression, fatigue, and psychosocial and spiritual distress. In Romania they are frequently left in the care of their families with little support from the health care system. It seems a paradox that those who are the sickest persons in a country find little place in the health care system. This article presents palliative care as a solution to the suffering for these patients and their families by describing the concept, models of services, its beneficiaries and benefits and presenting the history of development of hospice and palliative care worldwide and in Romania.

Keywords

EN

suffering; palliative care; beneficiaries; benefits; services; history; worldwide; Romania

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 227-245

Dates

published

2014-12-01

online

2015-01-27

Contributors

author

Daniela Moşoiu

• MD, Assoc. Prof., Medical Faculty, “Transylvania” University, Braşov and Hospice Casa Speranţei Braşov; Str. Nicolae Bălcescu nr. 56

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/ress-2014-0118