Abstract
According to the World Health Organization, the patient and family
should be viewed as the “unit of care” when palliative care
is required. Therefore family caregivers should receive optimal
supportive care from health professionals. However, the impact of
supporting a dying relative is frequently described as having negative
physical and psychosocial sequalae. Furthermore, family caregivers
consistently report unmet needs and there has been a dearth of rigorous
supportive interventions published. In addition, comprehensive
conceptual frameworks to navigate the family caregiver experience and
guide intervention development are lacking. This article draws on
Lazarus and Folkman's seminal work on the transactional stress and
coping framework to present a conceptual model specific to family
caregivers of patients receiving palliative care. A comprehensive
account of key variables to aid understanding of the family caregiver
experience and intervention design is provided.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Psychology,General Medicine,General Nursing
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