Yakubu Salifu
Yakubu is a nurse and educator in adult health, palliative care, and health policy, with research interests in patients, caregivers and health care professionals managing end-of-life conditions.
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Megan Mayne
Thanks for the suggestion. This is the third time we are running this, and others have learned about the PACE steps. But of course, we can still advertise.
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Yakubu Salifu replied to vera washer
@verawasher It worked for me as well. Maybe you can try again and let us know. You might want to check the internet connection of the browser (I used Chrome). Thanks
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
This article (open access) about care home in te contest of Covid may be useful: Towers, A. M., Killett, A., Handley, M., Almack, K., Backhouse, T., Diane, B., ... & Goodman, C. (2020). Producing ‘Top Tips’ for care home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: rapid reviews inform evidence-based practice but reveal major gaps. Journal of Long-Term Care.
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Is the use of a numerical pain rating scale applicable in your context? What do you use?
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Great exposition from you. As you said, pain control is key in palliative care. However, access to pain medication and how patients and the caregivers (especially in a resource-limited context) assess the outcomes could be problematic due to several reasons. You may want to read about h family caregivers become the ‘doctors’ of men with prostate cancer at...
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Thanks for the feedback. What was particularly useful to you?
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Dorcas Serwaa
Will be interesting to know how it unfolds. Happy to get feedback on that
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What is the implication of these in your own setting?
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Yakubu Salifu replied to C B
I do agree with you as most countries, especially the resource-limited context, do not have a policy direction on palliative care. You may want to read this short article https://theconversation.com/ghana-needs-a-better-policy-to-guide-care-for-cancer-patients-132042
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Denise Edwards
Thanks, what are your thoughts about the implications of these?
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
SUMMARY FOR WEEK ONE:
Thank you for your active participation this first week. We apologise for a few of the links that were not working; this was because of server hacking hosted by the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC). We have since rectified some of these.We have learned about palliative care in care and nursing homes, especially for...
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Naomi Cheung
Great. There has bee a repeated call for the integration of Palliative care into national health systems. The latest is a multinational study showing a clear need for palliative care integration. https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/palliative-care-needs-better-integration-with-health-care-systems-for-this-and-future-pandemics
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Yakubu Salifu replied to JOHN NIXON
@JOHNNIXON please use these
https://endoflifecare.be/en/pace-steps-to-successThe English version of the PACE Steps on the EAPC website under archived projects:
https://www.eapcnet.eu/eu-funded-palliative-care-research/ -
Yakubu Salifu replied to Arzoo D
Great! I hope you would be able to network with other professionals
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Hannah Ritchie
Hello Hannah, I particularly liked your phrase 'giving the best end of life care that is possible.' I think that is one key principle of palliative care. However, due to resource constraints (especially in resource-limited context), lack of trained personnel, among others, some patients do not get the opportunity to have such care to ensure BEST END OF LIFE....
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
Hello everyone,
Welcome to the online course for Improving Palliative Care in Care Homes for Older People.
My name is Dr Yakubu Salifu, an Educator on this course together with Professor Sheila Payne. Bader Rimawi, a mentor, will also respond to your queries as soon as possible.
I hope that by the end of this 3 weeks course, you have a new appreciation of... -
Yakubu Salifu made a comment
Thank you all; great team and very useful information
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
This COVID 19 course is not only useful but timely and professionally delivered. It would certainly make positive impacts in our lives; and personally I have shared some of these videos with others to stay safe as well educate.
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
I dont think we learned a lot from the Ebola outbreak. And as Professor Peter Piot reflects, we need to let COVID 19 serve as a guide and useful lessons for any future pandemic or epidemic.
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I dont think we learned a lot from the Ebola outbreak. And as Professor Peter Piot reflects, we need to let COVID 19 serve as a guide and useful lessons for any future pandemic or epidemic.
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
@AnnaSeale I do agree that several factors need to guide the distribution of the vaccines, which will always not be adequate for the entire world, realistically. FACTORS such as vulnerability, key workers (nurses, doctors, police, etc. who by nature of their work to society, put them at increased risk), the financial ability of governments, etc. all need to be...
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
I do agree that several factors need to guide the distribution of the vaccines, which will always not be adequate for the entire world, realistically. FACTORS such as vulnerability, key workers (nurses, doctors, police, etc. who by nature of their work to society, put them at increased risk), the financial ability of governments, etc. all need to be taken into...
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I think a trial needs to be done quick to curb this disturbing trend
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Both in law and clinical practice, you need evidence to make a logical conclusion (conviction and treatment, respectively). In law, a person is innocent until proven guilty, but in clinical practice and infectious disease management specifically, all persons are 'potentially infectious' until proven otherwise.
Until these pieces of evidence are established,...
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I do agree that as individuals we can do a lot, to minimise the spread of covid 19. Thanks for the information
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Oladele Ogunsola
In most places globally CCTV is no applicable, all that we need is a sense of team work, use of common sense, and being sincere to help trace people who have made contacts with confirmed cases. I have a piece on it here
https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/.
My main worry is countries with... -
Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
@DesmondNutt In most places globally CCTV is no applicable, all that we need is a sense of team work, use of common sense, and being sincere to help trace people who have made contacts with confirmed cases. I have a piece on it here
https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/.
My main worry is... -
Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
In most places globally CCTV is no applicable, all that we need is a sense of team work, use of common sense, and being sincere to help trace people who have made contacts with confirmed cases. I have a piece on it here
https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/.
My main worry is countries with... -
Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
@JudyMBScN,Canada I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Abdiqani Hassan Ahmed
I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Devika Prakash
I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
@Dr.MohammadKabirHussain I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Dr. Zorica Nikleski
@Dr.ZoricaNikleski I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Andy Blackwell
I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Nwakaego Stephanie Ede
@NwakaegoStephanieEde I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
@ChristopherMerrifield I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
@AnnaSeale I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Hamza Ben Maaoui
I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Dr. Niral Thaker
I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Sandra Spruce
@SandraSpruce I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Ian Campbell
I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
I do think China did made unprecedented interventions to reduce the outbreak early and timely. KUDOS! I have given my opinion about how countries, governments and the public can help curb Covid 19 in the Nursing Times. https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
@AnnaSeale I suppose this is what governments and authorities need to have in mind. The shock of covid 19, the losses, deaths, and the rapid changes that people have to make to the usual lifestyles are all areas of concern as far as psychological domain is...
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I suppose this is what governments and authorities need to have in mind. The shock of covid 19, the losses, deaths, and the rapid changes that people have to make to the usual lifestyles are all areas of concern as far as psychological domain is concern.
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Steven Perry
I agree and some basic principles to follow. You can read a piece that was published by Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Josie Gallo
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Josie Gallo
@JosieGallo Great, I will be glad if you could share this piece on COVID and the possible effect of COVID 19 on resource-poor countries.
https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
https://theconversation.com/ghana-needs-a-better-policy-to-guide-care-for-cancer-patients-132042 -
@JosieGallo Risk communications and engagement very essential as you alluded to. Again, panic-buying and price hikes do don help the situation at all but rather put a lot people increased risk due to lack of basic necessities and avoidable stress. I have a published work by the Nursing Times on how we need to involve the public and how to mitigate the COVID...
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Risk communications and engagement very essential as you alluded to. Again, panic-buying and price hikes do don help the situation at all but rather put a lot people increased risk due to lack of basic necessities and avoidable stress. I have a published work by the Nursing Times on how we need to involve the public and how to mitigate the COVID 19 ...
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@StevenMacWhinnie Risk communications and engagement very essential as you alluded to. Again, panic-buying and price hikes do don help the situation at all but rather put a lot people increased risk due to lack of basic necessities and avoidable stress. I have a published work by the Nursing Times on how we need to involve the public and how to mitigate the...
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@BrianHunt Risk communications and engagement very essential as you alluded to. Again, panic-buying and price hikes do don help the situation at all but rather put a lot people increased risk due to lack of basic necessities and avoidable stress. I have a published work by the Nursing Times on how we need to involve the public and how to mitigate the COVID 19...
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@SandraB Risk communications and engagement very essential as you alluded to. Again, panic-buying and price hikes do don help the situation at all but rather put a lot people increased risk due to lack of basic necessities and avoidable stress. I have a published work by the Nursing Times on how we need to involve the public and how to mitigate the COVID 19 ...
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
Risk communications and engagement very essential as you alluded to. Again, panic-buying and price hikes do don help the situation at all but rather put a lot people increased risk due to lack of basic necessities and avoidable stress. I have a published work by the Nursing Times on how we need to involve the public and how to mitigate the COVID 19 ...
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@ArwaAhmedTaleb you may want to read this and share with your contacts too
https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/ -
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@RachelWei Hello, I have detailed some of these things and was published by the Nursing Times
https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/ -
@PrinceAgyemang we could take precautions to help curb the situation https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/covid-19-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-from-here-19-03-2020/
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@JudithGlynn Fantastic explanation
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@SamanthaMcHale . If a test has a high sensitivity, it denotes it has almost a prefect means of detecting all the COVID 19 cases. In other words, there is less likelihood to miss a positive case. On the other hand, since the sensitivity is low, it could also give a false positive results; and to me this is still better than missing a positive patient if the...
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@BenedictGannon . If a test has a high sensitivity, it denotes it has almost a prefect means of detecting all the COVID 19 cases. In other words, there is less likelihood to miss a positive case. On the other hand, since the sensitivity is low, it could also give a false positive results; and to me this is still better than missing a positive patient if the...
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@JudithGlynn EThis is my opinion. If a test has a high sensitivity, it denotes it has almost a prefect means of detecting all the COVID 19 cases. In other words, there is less likelihood to miss a positive case. On the other hand, since the sensitivity is low, it could also give a false positive results; and to me this is still better than missing a positive...
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
@RichardDennehy . If a test has a high sensitivity, it denotes it has almost a prefect means of detecting all the COVID 19 cases. In other words, there is less likelihood to miss a positive case. On the other hand, since the sensitivity is low, it could also give a false positive results; and to me this is still better than missing a positive patient if the...
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Anna Seale
Excellent question @AnnaSeale . If a test has a high sensitivity, it denotes it has almost a prefect means of detecting all the COVID 19 cases. In other words, there is less likelihood to miss a positive case. On the other hand, since the sensitivity is low, it could also give a false positive results; and to me this is still better than missing a positive...
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@Dr.TosanOmaghomi I agree with you , there is lack of facilities for cases in most developing countries. This is about Ghana but may be relevant https://theconversation.com/ghana-needs-a-better-policy-to-guide-care-for-cancer-patients-132042
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@PaulC, I do agree with you @AnnaSeale the main issue is that mots resource -poor countries are not prepared either logistically or in mind for the covid 19. There are issues of lack of adequate healthcare facilities or lack of national guideline or both. You may want to check these two information on the link...
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
This is very informative piece about the chronology of events, and the lapses in preparedness and myths (so to say) that some countries, and even now, still hold on to.
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Does fever alone without cough raise a red flag for Covid 19?
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Yakubu Salifu replied to Sheila Payne
Thanks, Sheila, and to all our lovely participants. Thanks, Bader. Stay safe during this pandemic, COVID 19.
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Great it was useful.
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@DavidAyangbaAsakitogum Thanks for this, and I do agree with you, having practiced in a similar context myself. However, in palliative care for older adults, this is usually a long term facility (unlike the acute hospital care where patients spend relatively short time), and most residents do have strong ties with others. You might want to read this article by...
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@IngegerdEnqvist Thank you for sharing this detailed information with us. I am particularly glad to note that you make efforts to reach the relatives even sometime later after the death. This, I think, will help them if they have any other concerns to address.
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@CristinaHerreroMateos Nice to note that you offer support for team members as well.
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@DavidAyangbaAsakitogum Thanks for sharing this useful information.
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Thanks for sharing your experience.
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Yakubu Salifu made a comment
Hello everyone,
I thought this might be helpful given what is happening around the world currently, that is, coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic. The WHO has provided guidelines for prevention in nursing homes relative to COVID 19. This is not directly related end of life care. I have given the link to the WHO site and the guideline as... -
@JackieMullins Thanks for this, and I have provided the links below for those who might not be familiar with it.
1. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/end-of-life-care/changes-in-the-last-hours-and-days/ -
@IngegerdEnqvist Good to know that the caregivers have training on end of life. Can you please kindly share with us some of the things that the caregivers learn about care for end of life?
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@PäiviSinisalo Thanks for this observation. What pain medications are administered at your facility?
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@inmaculadaG Thanks for this helpful information.
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Thank you for the piece of information; what do you think accounts for clinicians only emphasing on physical pain and not the other 3?
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Good you picked something useful from this section
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I think you have made an exciting contribution here- the observation from the caregivers. This will ensure that you are not only dealing with the pain of the patient alone but the family as well- and this is the driving principle of palliative care.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. Great, just to add, to do the assessment of pain not only physically also look for signs of psychological, emotional, and spiritual distress/pain.
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Great to know you employ both non-pharmacological and pharmacological measures in alleviating pain. This assessment also takes into account that pain may not always be physical but psychological, emotional, and spiritual, which will, of course, need slightly different management.
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Thanks for sharing your experience
