Psychopharmacological Agents for the Terminally Ill and Bereaved

1974 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1169
Author(s):  
Josephine K. Craytor ◽  
Ivan K. Goldberg ◽  
Sidney Malitz ◽  
Austin H. Kutscher
Keyword(s):  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Psychopharmacological Agents

Delirium in Palliative Care

2014 ◽  
pp. 55-69
Author(s):  
William S. Breitbart
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Symptom Control ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Psychopharmacological Agents

Delirium is the most common and serious neuropsychiatric complication in palliative care settings. Delirium is often under-recognized or misdiagnosed in terminally ill patients. Delirium is highly prevalent and is a source of morbidity in patients, family members, and staff. Delirium is often a harbinger of impending death and can significantly interfere with pain and symptom control among terminally ill. This chapter provides an overview of the prevalence, assessment, and management of delirium among advanced cancer patients reviewing the most recent evidence-based data on the use of psychopharmacological agents in treatment and prevention of delirium in this patient population.

Can a Theory of Suicide Predict All “Suicides” in the Elderly?

Crisis ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoon A. Leenaars
Keyword(s):  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Suicide Notes ◽  
Psychiatric Study

Summary: Older adults consistently have the highest rates of suicide in most societies. Despite the paucity of studies until recently, research has shown that suicides in later life are best understood as a multidimensional event. An especially neglected area of research is the psychological/psychiatric study of personality factors in the event. This paper outlines one comprehensive model of suicide and then raises the question: Is such a psychiatric/psychological theory applicable to all suicides in the elderly? To address the question, I discuss the case of Sigmund Freud; raise the topic of suicide and/or dignified death in the terminally ill; and examine suicide notes of the both terminally ill and nonterminally ill elderly. I conclude that, indeed, greater study and theory building are needed into the “suicides” of the elderly, including those who are terminally ill.

Terminally Ill Patients and Desire for Death

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Brown ◽  
P. Henteleff ◽  
S. Barakat ◽  
C. J. Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Terminally Ill Patients ◽  
Desire For Death

Helping the Terminally Ill

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
PAUL J. FINK
Keyword(s):  
Terminally Ill

Interference of psychopharmacological agents with substance P-induced gene expression and expression of the receptor for substance P

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
M von Kleinsorgen ◽  
M Hamke ◽  
Y Treffurth ◽  
M Berger ◽  
BL Fiebich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Psychopharmacological Agents

67. Loving your child to death: Considerations of the care of chronically-ill children and euthanasia in Emil Sher's Mourning Dove and implications for medical educations

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
K. Mukhida
Keyword(s):  
Life Support ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Mourning Dove ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Constant Pain ◽  
Withdraw Life Support ◽  
Wheat Farmer

How do parents cope when their child is ill or dying, when he or she experiences constant pain or suffering? What do parents think of the contributions that medical professionals make to the care of their chronically or terminally ill child? Is it possible for a parent to love a child so much that the child is wished dead? The purpose of this paper is to explore those questions and aspects of the care of chronically or terminally ill children using Mourning Dove’s portrayal of one family’s attempt to care for their ill daughter. A play written by Canadian playwright Emil Sher, Mourning Dove is based on the case of Saskatchewan wheat farmer Robert Latimer who killed his 12 year old daughter Tracy who suffered with cerebral palsy and lived in tremendous pain. Rather than focusing on the medical or legal aspects of the care of a chronically ill child, the play offers a glimpse into how a family copes with the care of such a child and the effects the child’s illness has on a family. Reading and examination of non-medical literature, such as Mourning Dove, therefore serve as a useful means for medical professionals to better understand how illness affects and is responded to by patients and their families. This understanding is a prerequisite for them to be able to provide complete care of children with chronic or terminal illnesses and their families. Nuutila L, Salanterä S. Children with long-term illness: parents’ experiences of care. J Pediatr Nurs 2006; 21(2):153-160. Sharman M, Meert KL, Sarnaik AP. What influences parents’ decisions to limit or withdraw life support? Pediatr Crit Care Med 2005; 6(5):513-518. Steele R. Strategies used by families to navigate uncharted territory when a child is dying. J Palliat Care 2005; 21(2):103-110.

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