TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding Peace Beyond the Pain
T2 - Sunder's Journey in the Hospice
AU - Rao, Seema
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/7/2
Y1 - 2016/7/2
N2 - Dame Cicely Saunders revolutionized the concept of pain by coining the term “total pain”, the sum of the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, emotional components that make up the total pain experience. Optimal pain relief may not be possible until all elements of the pain and suffering are addressed. This narrative describes the journey of Sunder in the hospice. A caring husband, and a doting father, he came to the hospice by force, in immense pain and suffering. He stayed on by choice and found the peace he was looking for beyond his pain and sufferings, ably supported by the dedicated hospice team. He was able to live the last few months of his life as comfortably as was possible, and left this world in peace, with dignity. The narrative reiterates the belief that hospice, with its philosophy of active “total care” is an ideal place for addressing the concept of “total pain.”
AB - Dame Cicely Saunders revolutionized the concept of pain by coining the term “total pain”, the sum of the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, emotional components that make up the total pain experience. Optimal pain relief may not be possible until all elements of the pain and suffering are addressed. This narrative describes the journey of Sunder in the hospice. A caring husband, and a doting father, he came to the hospice by force, in immense pain and suffering. He stayed on by choice and found the peace he was looking for beyond his pain and sufferings, ably supported by the dedicated hospice team. He was able to live the last few months of his life as comfortably as was possible, and left this world in peace, with dignity. The narrative reiterates the belief that hospice, with its philosophy of active “total care” is an ideal place for addressing the concept of “total pain.”
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U2 - 10.1080/15360288.2016.1204408
DO - 10.1080/15360288.2016.1204408
M3 - Article
C2 - 27494677
AN - SCOPUS:84982813092
SN - 1536-0288
VL - 30
SP - 228
EP - 230
JO - Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy
JF - Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy
IS - 3
ER -