TOTAL PAIN
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v4i2.2Keywords:
good communication, multidisciplinary team working, total pain, palliative care, sufferingAbstract
Through two distinctive case studies the author illustrates the complex nature of total pain. He describes how the physical, psychological social and spiritual elements of what it is to be human are so intertwined that they need the skills of a team of gifted professionals to help the patient and the family in their suffering. The discussion explores the pitfalls for professionals who retreat into their professional boundaries, and the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach.
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KRISTELLER J. L, ZUMBRUN C. S., SCHILLING R.F. 1999 How Oncologists and Oncology nurses address spiritual distress in cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology, 1999;8: 451-458
MCDANIEL J S , MUSSELMAN DL, PORTER MR, REED DA, NEMEROFF CB. 1995 Depression in patients with cancer: diagnosis, biology and treatment. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1995; 52: 89-99
MCKEGNEY F.P., BAILY L.R., YATES J.W. 1981 Prediction and Management of Pain in Patients with Advanced Cancer. General Hospital Psychiatry 3, 95-101.
POMARA N. P. GERSHON S. 1984 Treatment- resistant depression in an elderly patient with pancreatic carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1984; 45: 439-40
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2013-06-05
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Sugden, C. (2013). TOTAL PAIN: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 4(2), 2-7. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v4i2.2
