Management of terminal cancer patients: attitudes and training needs of primary health care doctors and nurses

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 464-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Esteva Cantó ◽  
Joan Llobera Cánaves ◽  
Jerónima Miralles Xamena ◽  
M. de Lluch Bauzá Amengual
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients ◽  
And Training ◽  
Doctors And Nurses

Evaluation of a no-smoking resource pack and training for primary health care professionals

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola T A Hopkins ◽  
John A White ◽  
Lesley Rushton ◽  
Jackie Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
And Training

Primary Health Care or Primary Medical Care: In Reality

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Vertical Integration ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Primary Medical Care ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Comprehensive Primary Health Care ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Training

Despite considerable rhetoric, comprehensive primary health care remains largely a matter of a paper exercise. The theory promotes horizontal and vertical integration and the active participation of people in planning. Experience in Australia and elsewhere indicates that what is in place in health services is often primary medical care: the management of the needs of presenting individuals. The arguments for upstream interventions remain valid, bolstered by research on the social determinants of health. Two examples are given of primary health care that attempt to work upstream, before clinical interventions become necessary and illustrate the need for both horizontal and vertical integration. Consequences for policy and training are drawn.

Terminal Cancer and Suicide: The Health Care Professional's Dilemma

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie C. Hansen ◽  
Charles A. MC Aleer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Terminal Cancer Patients ◽  
And Behavior

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that health care professionals would differ in their evaluations of a patient contemplating suicide, in their acceptance of suicide for the patient, and in their projected behavioral response to the patient, as a function of their belief that the patient has cancer, a terminal illness, or terminal cancer, and as a function of the degree of their death anxiety. Health care professionals ( N = 138) across a variety of disciplines completed Templer's Death Anxiety Scale, read one of four randomly distributed written introductions, then viewed taped segments of counseling sessions with a woman who was contemplating suicide. Results demonstrated that health care professionals' evaluations, acceptance, and behavior in the case of a patient contemplating suicide are affected by their belief that the patient has cancer and/or is dying, and by the degree of death anxiety experienced by the practitioner. The importance of awareness regarding personal feelings about suicide among terminal cancer patients is discussed.

scholarly journals Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Health Care in the Spanish National Health System

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin Hämel ◽  
Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira Toso ◽  
Angela Casanova ◽  
Ligia Giovanella
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Spanish National Health System ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Doctors And Nurses

Abstract The primary health care in the Spanish National Health System is organised in health centres with multi-professional teams, composed of doctors and nurses specialised in family and community health, in addition to other professionals. This article analyses the role of primary health care nurses in the Spanish National Health System. In the last decade, new concepts of task sharing between doctors and nurses as well as advanced nursing roles have been evolved in the health centres that focus on improving care for chronically ill patients and access to primary care. With shared responsibility, nurses are responsible for chronic patients in stable conditions, health prevention and promotion. The scaling up of advanced nursing tasks is limited by uncertainties of roles, disparities between states, and legislations that do not cover the full extent of advanced nursing tasks. The case study of Spain indicates that a strong multi-professional model of primary health care teams is a crucial basis for the evolvement of advanced nursing practice and its acceptance in daily routines. However, advantageous education structures and legislations are needed to allow nurses to develop their contribution in the full potential.

scholarly journals Doctors’ and nurses’ views on patient care for type 2 diabetes: an interview study in primary health care in Oman

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 258-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia M. Noor Abdulhadi ◽  
Mohammed Ali Al-Shafaee ◽  
Rolf Wahlström ◽  
Katarina Hjelm
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Doctors And Nurses

scholarly journals THE EXPERIENCES OF THE REORIENTATION PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN NURSING - ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Cavalcanti de Farias Brehmer ◽  
Flávia Regina Souza Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Nursing Courses ◽  
And Training

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the perceptions of professors, students and service professionals of primary health care, regarding their experiences in the Reorientation Program for Professional Training in Health in the Nursing Courses. Method: this is a qualitative research, in the form of a case study. The scenarios consisted of five nursing courses in higher education institutions, in the state of Santa Catarina. Twenty-two teachers and fourteen Primary Health Care professionals were interviewed. In order to understand the students' perception five focus groups were developed. Results: are presented from three general categories called: Pró-Saúde: evaluations about the experiences, Pró-Saúde - considerations about the advances and Pró-Saúde - considerations about the challenges. Conclusion: there are positive advances motivated by the Program throughout a contextual movement by an articulated, reflexive and critical training to the reality of health. However, there are challenges to reduce the gaps between services and training objectives.

scholarly journals Percepções de enfermeiros da atenção primária à saúde sobre o cuidado a pacientes oncológicos

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Fayma Lopes Chaves ◽  
Uquiana Lucas Pereira ◽  
Alexsandro Monteiro Da Silva ◽  
Luana Nunes Caldini ◽  
Luana Cavalcante Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Primary Health

Objetivo: Conhecer as percepções de enfermeiros sobre o cuidado a pacientes oncológicos, na Atenção Primária à Saúde. Metodologia: Pesquisa descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, realizada entre março e abril de 2019, em dez Unidades de Atenção Primária à Saúde, no município de Aracati, Ceará, Brasil. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram 10 enfermeiros, sendo realizada entrevista semiestruturada registrada em formulário. Resultados: A partir das falas, emergiram três categorias: Percepções de enfermeiros sobre câncer e cuidados a pacientes oncológicos; Ações realizadas na atenção primária no cuidado a pacientes oncológicos; Dificuldades na assistência oncológica, na atenção primária. Conclusão: Os enfermeiros participantes visualizaram o câncer como doença estigmatizante, que interfere na qualidade de vida de pacientes e familiares, sendo importante a assistência oncológica no âmbito da atenção primária, principalmente, com auxílio de equipe multiprofissional.Descritores: Atenção Primária à saúde; Oncologia; Cuidados de Enfermagem. ABSTRACTObjective: To know the perceptions of nurses about the care of cancer patients in Primary Health Care. Methodology: Descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, carried out between March and April 2019, in ten Primary Health Care Units, in the municipality of Aracati, Ceará, Brazil. The research subjects were 10 nurses, and a semi-structured interview was conducted, using a form. Results: From the speeches, three categories emerged: Nurses' perceptions about cancer and care for cancer patients; Actions carried out in primary care in the care of cancer patients; Difficulties in cancer care, in primary care. Conclusion: Participating nurses viewed cancer as a stigmatizing disease, which interferes with the life quality of patients and family members, and it is important to provide cancer care in primary care, especially with the help of a multidisciplinary team.Descriptors: Primary health care; Oncology; Nursing Care. RESUMENObjetivo: Conocer las percepciones de las enfermeras sobre la atención a pacientes con cáncer en Atención Primaria de Salud. Metodología: Investigación descriptiva, con enfoque cualitativo, realizada entre marzo y abril de 2019, en diez Unidades de Atención Primaria de Salud, en el municipio de Aracati, Ceará, Brasil. Los sujetos de investigación fueron 10 enfermeras, con una entrevista semiestructurada, utilizando una forma. Resultados: De los discursos, surgieron tres categorías: las percepciones de las enfermeras sobre el cáncer y la atención a los pacientes con cáncer; Acciones realizadas en atención primaria en la atención de pacientes con cáncer; Dificultades en la atención del cáncer, en atención primaria. Conclusión: Los enfermeros participantes vieron el cáncer como una enfermedad estigmatizante, que interfiere con la calidad de vida de los pacientes y sus familiares, y es importante brindar atención del cáncer en la atención primaria, especialmente con la ayuda de un equipo multidisciplinario.Descriptores: Atención primaria de salud; Oncología; Atención de enfermería. 

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