Understanding & responding to the terminal patient.
The past ten years have seen a change in the attitudes of informing patients of the diagnosis of a terminal illness. An understanding of the psychological response to physical illness and impending death is required when discussing death and dying with terminal patients. In this article, the authors present generic concepts in understanding the terminal patient, as well as suggested guidelines for the treating physician.
D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*