| A practical approach to the family that expects a miracle. | |
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PMID: 19497899 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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When a patient is extremely ill and/or dying, and the family expects a miraculous recovery, this situation can be very challenging to physicians, particularly when there is certainty that the miracle will occur through divine intervention. A practical approach is therefore provided to clinicians for engaging families that anticipate the miraculous healing of a sick patient. This strategy involves exploring the meaning and significance of a miracle, providing a balanced, nonargumentative response and negotiation of patient-centered compromises, while conveying respect for patient spirituality and practicing good medicine. Such an approach, tailored to the specifics of each family, can be effective in helping a family come to a place of acceptance about the impending death of their loved one. |
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Authors:
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Horace M Delisser |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Chest Volume: 135 ISSN: 1931-3543 ISO Abbreviation: Chest Publication Date: 2009 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-06-05 Completed Date: 2009-07-07 Revised Date: 2010-09-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0231335 Medline TA: Chest Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1643-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA. delisser@mail.med.upenn.edu |
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Aged Attitude to Death* Critical Care / methods Critical Illness / therapy Decision Making Family / psychology Female Humans Intensive Care Units Palliative Care / methods* Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis, therapy Professional-Family Relations Religion and Psychology* Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis, therapy Sensitivity and Specificity Spirituality* |
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K07HL07921/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS |
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