Health Care : Current Reviews

Oncology and hospice care: A literature review

6^th World Summit on Neonatal Nursing and Health Care & 7^th Global Conference on Nursing and Healthcare

APRIL 19, 2022 | Joint Webinar

Neelu Aryal

Zhengzhou University, China

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: HCCR

Abstract:

Cancer patients are rapidly increasing worldwide, adding more responsibility to already overwhelmed hospital infrastructure. Multiple sources estimate that end of life care (EOL Care) takes up much time and manpower that would otherwise have been dedicated to other patients. However, this does not mean that patients with terminal diagnosis like cancer should be neglected or denied health care. But a dedicated and specialized facility aimed at palliative care should be the primary caregiver to these types of patients. This opinion is not without its own challenges. The level of acceptance of hospice care is much higher in western hemisphere than in eastern hemisphere. This all boils down to socio-economic-cultural values, social structure, family structure and norms. This is also dependent upon the level of education of the people in the society and their understanding level of hospice care. In the eastern hemisphere where hospitals are taken as centre for well-being and treatment, death is often taken as failure of treatment and is unacceptable to many people. Terminal diagnosis often guides the patients to hospice care and this creates a false impression to the family members of patients that the healthcare providers have “given up” upon the patient. Hospice care by definition does make the family members ponder upon the topic of death and eventual mortality, which may not be acceptable among different cultures, for entirely different reasons.

Biography :

Neelu Aryal is the PhD scholar in Zhengzhou University, Henan, China. She completed her M.Sc Nursing from KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Belagavi, Karnataka, India and BSc nursing from BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. She has published her article “Attitude towards nursing profession among female students of higher secondary school of Dharan municipality” in the nursing journal of BPKIHS vol-1, No-1, Issue-1, May 2015. She has published her review article “Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia in frailty: moving forward” in journal Diversity and equality in Health and Care. Her article “A study to evaluate the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) in terms of knowledge and skills regarding emergency management of patient with myocardial infarction among staff nurses working in intensive coronary care unit (ICCU) of selected tertiary care hospital, Belagavi” has been accepted for oral presentation in 2nd international conference on Health Care Summit. She has also attended various national and international Conference, Workshop, CME, Seminar and CNE related to nursing, research, and health.