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Palliative Care: an Interdisciplinary Approach for Patients with Life Threatening Illness Witjaksono, Maria
Indonesian Journal of Cancer Vol 1, No 1 (2007): Jan - Mar 2007
Publisher : "Dharmais" Cancer Center Hospital

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Patients with life threatening illness area characterized by multi-aspect of suffering. These various aspects of suffering area interrelated require a total comprehensive care by an interdisciplinary team. Palliative care means to address the total suffering of the patients and to maintain a rational hope when cure is absurd. Palliative care emphasizes the essential role of the family. Although the awareness about palliative care has been increasing, its development in Indonesia is still left behind compared to that of other Asian Countries. This paper discusses the definition of palliative care, total suffering, interdisciplinary approach, integration of palliative care in cancer management & barriers to Palliative Care.
The Role of Family Meeting In Dealing With Rejection Towards Hospital Discharge of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Witjaksono, Maria; Yatiningsih, Dwi; Widaretno, Hesti; Asdiniah, Rani; Ame, Ame
Indonesian Journal of Cancer Vol 12, No 2 (2018): April-June
Publisher : National Cancer Center - Dharmais Cancer Hospital

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Background: Rejection towards discharge planning of terminally ill patients and the role of family meetings to overcome such issue has not been evaluated. The aims of this study were to identify who and the reasons of rejection, to evaluate the effectiveness of family meetings, and to assess the important aspects in preparing homecare.Methods: This is an interventional study using queasy-experimental design. Samples of the study were family members of terminally ill patients who refused patient discharge from 1st of May to 31st of October 2016. Paired-Sample T-test was applied to analyze the result. Result: Rejections of discharge planning was mostly by the families. The most reason of rejection was lack of knowledge and skills in taking care of the terminally ill patients (40%). Family meetings solved the problem of rejection. The total score of 10 aspects needed in taking care of terminally ill patients was significantly increased (p=0.000). Conclusion: Family meetings effectively changed the attitude towards hospital discharged
Palliative Care: an Interdisciplinary Approach for Patients with Life Threatening Illness Witjaksono, Maria
Indonesian Journal of Cancer Vol 1, No 1 (2007): Jan - Mar 2007
Publisher : National Cancer Center - Dharmais Cancer Hospital

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (885.78 KB) | DOI: 10.33371/ijoc.v1i1.7

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Patients with life threatening illness area characterized by multi-aspect of suffering. These various aspects of suffering area interrelated require a total comprehensive care by an interdisciplinary team. Palliative care means to address the total suffering of the patients and to maintain a rational hope when cure is absurd. Palliative care emphasizes the essential role of the family. Although the awareness about palliative care has been increasing, its development in Indonesia is still left behind compared to that of other Asian Countries. This paper discusses the definition of palliative care, total suffering, interdisciplinary approach, integration of palliative care in cancer management & barriers to Palliative Care.
Co-Authors Ame, Ame Asdiniah, Rani Widaretno, Hesti Yatiningsih, Dwi