Individualized Aromatherapy in End-of-Life Cancer Patients Care: A Case Report

Publication date: December 2018Source: Chinese Medical Sciences Journal, Volume 33, Issue 4Author(s): Qian Liu, Xiaohong Ning, Lei Wang, Wei LiuAbstractAs one of the methods of palliative care, aromatherapy has been applied gradually in clinical nursing work in China in recent years. Through aromatherapy, terminal cancer patients can get not only relieves of physical symptoms, but also spiritual relaxation and peace, thus have improved quality of life at the end stage. In this paper, we report in detail about how aromatherapy was applied for symptom control in a cancer patient with unknown primary malignancy and multiple metastasis and its effects on the terminal life of this patient.
Source: Chinese Medical Sciences Journal - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research