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Assessing and Managing Depression in the..., Annals 1 Feb 00 (6008 words) |
 | Physicians who care for terminally ill patients confront a range of complex medical and psychosocial challenges, and treating patients who are experiencing psychosocial distress is often a particularly troublesome clinical task. |
| Psychological distress is a major cause of suffering among terminally ill patients and is highly correlated with poor quality of life (13). |
| Physicians caring for terminally ill patients should consider the diagnosis of depression when a patient unexpectedly elects to discontinue treatment, is experiencing unrelieved pain, or demonstrates any of the neurovegetative or psychological symptoms of depression. |
| Caring for the terminally ill (1927 words) |
| Consequently, the doctors reluctantly admitted Kaari in the ward and continued administering all manner of drugs and other procedures although they knew the condition was terminal and palliative care was all she needed to cope. |
| She adds that although 50 per cent of terminally ill people who seek services at KNH are cancer patients; no mention of the condition is made in the current management strategic plan. |
| Munyoro emphasizes the need for a palliative care department at KNH, saying the number of terminally ill cancer patients is growing in Kenya and other developing countries because of ignorance and poverty. |
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