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- End of life (EOL) care is often a difficult topic for families to discuss due to discomfort with the reality of death and varying cultural interpretations of it.
- The case study focuses on Mr. X, an 80-year-old Italian man with advanced lung cancer and brain metastasis, highlighting the complexities involved in his care during his rapid health decline.
- The text aims to explore the challenges faced in a palliative care unit (PCU) and suggests strategies to improve the EOL care experience.
Article Abstract
End of life (EOL) care is a topic that many families have difficulty discussing. A number of families are uncomfortable with accepting the fact that death is a part of every human's reality. Ideas and thoughts of death are interpreted differently across various cultures, and lacking to discuss disease trajectory and what to expect down the road with a physician, brings forward conflict during EOL care. Let us consider the complexities of treating Mr. X who is an 80-year-old male of Italian background with a history of advanced lung cancer with metastasis to the brain. He was recently diagnosed and his health began to rapidly decline at home. Mr. X is used in this case study to explore the challenges in providing care in a palliative care unit (PCU), and the ways in which we can overcome them.
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