3 results match your criteria: "Geriatric University Medicine Felix Platter (UAFP)[Affiliation]"

Ethical concerns in caring for persons with anorexia nervosa: content analysis of a series of documentations from ethics consultations.

BMC Med Ethics

October 2024

Clinical Ethics Unit, University Hospital Basel (USB), University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK) Basel, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Geriatric University Medicine Felix Platter (UAFP), Spitalstrasse 22, Basel, CH-4031, Switzerland.

Background: Caring for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with high levels of moral distress among healthcare professionals. The main moral conflict has been posited to be between applying coercion to prevent serious complications such as premature death and accepting treatment refusals. However, empirical evidence on this topic is scarce.

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Scoping review of end-of-life care for persons with anorexia nervosa.

Ann Palliat Med

May 2024

Clinical Ethics Unit, University Hospital Basel (USB), University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK) Basel, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Geriatric University Medicine Felix Platter (UAFP), Basel, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Background: End-of-life (EOL) care is the part of palliative care intended for persons nearing death. In anorexia nervosa (AN), providing EOL care instead of coercing life-sustaining measures is controversial. The existing literature has not been synthesized yet.

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Palliative psychiatry for a patient with treatment-refractory schizophrenia and severe chronic malignant catatonia: case report.

Ann Palliat Med

March 2024

Clinical Ethics Unit, University Hospital Basel (USB), University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK) Basel, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Geriatric University Medicine Felix Platter (UAFP), Basel, Switzerland; Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Background: Palliative psychiatry is an emerging field that suggests a role for palliative interventions in the management of severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Current literature describes using a palliative approach for patients with severe anorexia nervosa. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing end-of-life care in a patient with treatment-refractory catatonic schizophrenia.

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