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Nursing Palliative Care Report | Impact On Quality Of Life

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Nursing Palliative Care Report | Impact On Quality Of Life

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Running head: NURSING PALLIATIVE CARENursing palliative careName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1NURSING PALLIATIVE CAREQuestion 1A)Withholding of the truth about Amy can give rise to psychological issues and have animpact on her quality of life. Her physical inabilities as difficulty to find words andrepetition during a conversation and lack of concentration are contributing to herpsychological distress, as she is unable to understand the reason of her sudden change inbehaviour and memory. Withholding the information can have a negative impact on thepatient’s attitude. It would reduce her coping ability, cause mood disturbances andanxiety and reduces her ability to prepare for the future[ CITATION Kel153 \l 1033 ].B)The withholding of life limiting illness about Amy also has serious negative impact onher family. Her mother is in her 80’s and witnessing such a change in behaviour andmood in Amy can have psychological impact and extremely painful. Her son Erik finds itdifficult to conceal the truth of her life limiting illness from Amy and that might affecther end-of-life care and her compliance with the treatment and medication. This puts herfamily members in a hard situation and her family members face ethical dilemmawhether to inform her or not. C)This situation raises ethical dilemma for me. Although, Amy and her family memberswants to withhold her life limiting illness as posed by the family, the primary concern isto disclose the illness to her in culturally sensitive manner. This ethical dilemma canaffect her end-of-life care and response to treatment. As she has limited English speakingability, it is important to convey through family members or interpreters. Theconsiderations include using of plain language, addressing of one piece of information ata time and ask about Amy’s worries, thoughts and understandings after illness disclosurethrough culture centred communication [ CITATION Kat13 \l 1033 ].
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