Palliative Care and Nursing’s Role in the Next Decade in Japan

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  • これからの緩和ケアと看護が担う役割
  • コレカラ ノ カンワ ケア ト カンゴ ガ ニナウ ヤクワリ

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Palliative care in Japan has developed, essentially, in the oncology field. In the last decade, it has progressed rapidly under the national policies supported by the Cancer Control Act. This review summarizes the current status of palliative care in Japan, and points out some issues of palliative care in the next decade. Future challenges are (1) Integration of palliative care and oncology, (2) Palliative care in a community, (3) Growing availability of advance care planning, and (4) Palliative care for patients with non-cancerous diseases. Japan is forecast to become a super-aged society with numerous deaths in the next decade. Therefore, elderly people have to consider how they want to live out the ends of their lives, and they should talk about those issues with their family members, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare staff, i.e., advance care planning should be more important for them. To achieve the future challenges, strengthening the multidisciplinary cooperation team approach in palliative care is required in the community. It is expected for nurses to expand their roles and competencies in that regard.

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  • 三重看護学誌

    三重看護学誌 20 7-15, 2018-03-26

    三重大学大学院医学系研究科看護学専攻

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