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Dying Well!—Issues For The Living?
Author(s) -
Dunne Paul
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1997.tb00266.x
Subject(s) - premise , palliative care , multidisciplinary approach , teamwork , nursing , project commissioning , narrative , medicine , multidisciplinary team , publishing , engineering ethics , psychology , sociology , management , engineering , political science , social science , philosophy , linguistics , law , economics
Hospice and Palliative Care is a relatively new speciality in Medical Practice and is based on the premise that the family unit, not exclusively the patient, is the focus of care. This paper attempts to outline the development of Hospice and Palliative Care over the centuries and explores the relationship of current practice as the art of medicine rather than science. Through the narration and discussion of a family interaction, the paper draws a parallel to situations common in Family Therapy and poses the need for teamwork and a multidisciplinary approach in Hospice and Palliative Care and in Family Therapy.