International palliative care: Middle east experience as a model for global palliative care

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dc.contributor.authorHajjar, Ramzi R.
dc.contributor.authorCharalambous, Haris A.
dc.contributor.authorBaider, Lea
dc.contributor.authorSilbermann, Michael
dc.contributor.departmentInternal Medicine
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Medicine (FM)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T11:46:49Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T11:46:49Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractCare for elderly people with life-limiting illness cannot be delivered primarily by geriatricians or palliative care practitioners. The role of these clinicians is to help carers become adept in palliative care medicine. In a culture in which family ties run deep, the offer of palliative care from an outsider may be met with suspicion. The family bond in the Middle East is strong, but the emotional response to terminal illness may push families to request futile treatments, and physicians to comply. When palliative care is well developed and well understood, it provides a viable alternative to such extreme terminal measures. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2014.12.001
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-84928582425
dc.identifier.pmid25920063
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/30691
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherW.B. Saunders
dc.relation.ispartofClinics in Geriatric Medicine
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAging
dc.subjectCancer care
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectFamily
dc.subjectIllness
dc.subjectMiddle east
dc.subjectPalliative care
dc.subjectTreatment
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectCross-cultural comparison
dc.subjectFamily relations
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectPhysician-patient relations
dc.subjectWestern world
dc.subjectNarcotic analgesic agent
dc.subjectAttitude to death
dc.subjectCapacity building
dc.subjectCultural sensitivity
dc.subjectCultural value
dc.subjectDeveloping country
dc.subjectDrug control
dc.subjectEducation program
dc.subjectHealth care availability
dc.subjectHealth care policy
dc.subjectHospice care
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectLife expectancy
dc.subjectMedical decision making
dc.subjectPalliative therapy
dc.subjectPersonnel shortage
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectReview
dc.subjectSocial belief
dc.subjectTerminal care
dc.subjectTerminal disease
dc.subjectCultural anthropology
dc.subjectCultural factor
dc.subjectDoctor patient relation
dc.subjectEthics
dc.subjectEthnology
dc.subjectFamily relation
dc.subjectOrganization and management
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.titleInternational palliative care: Middle east experience as a model for global palliative care
dc.typeReview

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