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Biopsychosocial and end-of-life care
— timely intervention for the elderly | | Author(s) | Pierre Mallia |
| Journal title | BOLD, vol 20, no 3, May 2010 |
| Publisher | International Institute on Ageing (United Nations - Malta), May 2010 |
| Pages | pp 22-29 |
| Source | http://www.inia.org.mt |
| Keywords | Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Terminal care ; Terminal illness. |
| Annotation | End-of-Life decisions are not only about palliation and advanced directives. The biopsychosocial model is a paradigm which helps identify the psychological and social factors and barriers which help towards a realistic balance towards the end of life. Spirituality in particular, is not merely religious practices and the presence of pastoral care, but is about achieving balance, harmony and meaning. New models can help for older people in extending the concept of palliative care at the very end of terminal. diseases to more chronic and disabling conditions which affect the outcome. Moreover, one should not consider end-of-life decision based merely on age, but in the case of the elderly palliation and other biopsychosocial decisions which would otherwise be-directed only in terminal illness, need to be considered earlier. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-100809209 A |
| Classmark | EX: LV: CV |
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