title: Helping families care for loved ones.
abstract: Families struggling with decisions about care of loved ones who are dying will forever remember the help and advice provided by healthcare providers. But often providers disagree about the care patients should have to control pain and preserve life, which creates confusion and frustration among caregivers. Here, three people--a researcher who works with dying patients and their families, a supportive care expert and a family member--speak out on the kinds of help they believe that professional healthcare providers should provide to caregivers.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Malley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012944:Social Support; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*