Psychosoziale Begleitung in Palliative Care: neue Perspektiven

Palliative Care ist die ganzheitliche Begleitung von Patienten mit einer progredienten, weit fortgeschrittenen Erkrankung und von ihren Familien. Nicht die Verlängerung der Überlebenszeit um jeden Preis ist das Ziel, sondern die Verbesserung oder der Erhalt der Lebensqualität dieser Menschen (World Health Organization 2002). Neben der Symptomkontrolle braucht es auch eine kompetente spirituelle und psychosoziale Begleitung, um diesem Anspruch gerecht zu werden. Psychosoziale Begleitung umfasst dabei „... alle Bereiche, die zum psychischen, emotionalen und sozialen Wohlbefinden des Patienten und seiner Familie beitragen, inklusive Fragen des Selbstwertgefühls und der Selbstwahrnehmung, Krankheitsverarbeitung und -bewältigung, Kommunikation, sozialer und finanzieller Belange und Beziehungen zu anderen. “ (National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services 1997).

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