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Navigating the Uncomfortable: Advanced Directives and Making End-of-life Decisions

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Dr Vanessa Grubbs, USA    02 December 2019

  • Elderly dialysis patients get more intense care in the final month of life.
  • The difficulties associated with this are; talking about prognosis and death, uncertainty about prognosis, emotions, patient and family perspectives, time and cultural differences.
  • As per Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the needs are (base to apex); Physiological needs, Safety needs, Belongingness and love needs, Esteem needs, Self-actualization, Grow your skills,  Serious illness project, Learn from palliative care colleagues, Practice improves facileness, Prognostic tools.
  • Advocate for system change.

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