[Ideas about a "good death" in Palliative Care Nursing].
In the modern hospice movement and in Palliative Care, helping severely ill and dying patients to have a "good end of life" and a "good death" has high priority. The concept of a "good death" reflects the corresponding ideal of a "good dying". This concept analy-sis aimed at clarifying the current understanding of the characteristics of a "good death" as well as at presenting a coherent theoretical and ideational basis. The meaning of an ideal death as a point of reference and leitmotif in structuring palliative and hospice care, the theoretical background, and the components of a "good death" will be described in this article.
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Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Zentrum für Entwicklung und Forschung Pflege (ZEFP) Universitätsspital Zurich, Rämistr, Zürich.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012297:Right to Die; D029181:Spirituality; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*