چکیده مقاله
Introduction: Palliative care is considered an essential need for cancer patients, whose main objective is to reduce pain and relieve cancer patients The main duty of this type of care is to pay attention to the needs of cancer patients in all their physical, psychological, and social dimensions 1 Due to the fact that understanding and conscious decision making in patients is associated with procrastination and stress, special attention should be paid to cancer patients in medical ethics and providing palliative care Since understanding and conscious decision making in cancer patients is accompanied by doubt and stress, special attention should be paid to them in the provision of palliative services, but due to the lack of accurate knowledge of their inner psyche and the lack of sufficient studies on cancer patients, especially in the final stages of lives, the special relationship between the patient and his companions, and specific cultural thoughts about the cancer patient, their rights are still ignored 2 The present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the ethical challenges and obstacles of palliative care for cancer patients Material and methods: This research was conducted through reviewing published articles and available inside and outside of Iran between 2008 and 2022 in Scientific Information Database SID , Magiran, Iranmedex, Google scholar, Irandoc, NCBI databases, and by searching for keywords such as cancer, cancer patients, intensive care, palliative care, terminal care, nursing' end stages with a time limit In total, 95 articles were found, of which 15 articles did not meet the inclusion criteria and finally 80 articles were included in the study Results: Based on the above studies, the ethical challenges and obstacles in the way of providing these services include lack of time and resources, lack of a suitable place for family mourning, lack of presence of a clergyman to support the family, lack of family acceptance and cooperation, and limited meeting hours On the other hand, ethical challenges such as euthanasia, ignoring the decision making rights of cancer patients, how to inform these patients about their disease condition, regarding the dignity and respect for the opinions of cancer patients and their families Conclusion: Palliative care in cancer patients has many ambiguities due to ethical complications, which often do not have a precise legal solution, and requires detailed and very complex research in this regard Based on the findings, there are many obstacles and ethical challenges in the way of implementing palliative care in cancer patients, which makes it difficult to access this type of care Therefore, considering the importance of palliative care, taking thenecessary measures to identify and solve the ethical challenges in reaching these services, providing optimal services, and improving the quality of life and life expectancy in cancer patients, especially in the final stages are suggested
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نویسندگان
Kosar Kordmostafa
Department of Educational Sciences, Sub branch of Educational Management and Planning, Payam NoorUniversity, Golestan Province, Gorgan, Iran,
Aras Feizi
Faculty of nursing and midwifery, Tehran medical sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran,
Mosleh Shaliari
Department of Geriatrics Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences,Sanandaj, Iran,
Roya Vaezi
Department of Psychology, Bandargaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandargaz, Iran,
Elmira Zargari
Bachelor of General Biology, Department of Biology, Basic Science Faculty, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan,Iran,
Pouyan Asadi
Medical Cellular & Molecular Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran,
شیوه ارجاع
Kordmostafa, Kosar and Feizi, Aras and Shaliari, Mosleh and Vaezi, Roya and Zargari, Elmira and Asadi, Pouyan,1401,Ethical challenges and obstacles to the implementation of palliative care in cancer patients,10th International Conference on Health, Treatment and Health Promotion
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