Open AccessAwareness and attitudes of primary caregivers toward end-of-life care in advanced cancer patients: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Sourav Burman,
Rakesh Garg,
Sushma Bhatnagar,
Seema Mishra,
Vinod Kumar,
Sachidanand Jee Bharati,
Nishkarsh Gupta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_226_20
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , family medicine , observational study , end of life care , cross sectional study , population , primary caregiver , test (biology) , nursing , terminal cancer , cancer , disease , psychology , developmental psychology , paleontology , environmental health , pathology , biology
Awareness of end-of-life care (EOLC) has been at grass root level in our country. The caregivers are clueless about the concept of comfort care and that terminally ill cancer patients need care at home rather than the paraphernalia of the hospital ward. The basic aim of the study was to assess the awareness of the EOLC in the caregivers of the advanced cancer patients.