Hospice and palliative care clinicians' perceptions of posttraumatic stress disorder at end-of-life in military veterans
Prog Palliat Care. 2021 Oct 3;2021:1-7. doi: 10.1080/09699260.2021.1980649.ABSTRACTAt the end of life, individuals may re-engage with earlier life trauma as they reflect on life experiences and confront their mortality. As such, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms at the end of life may worsen the quality of death experience. This is a concern for military veterans, who tend to have more trauma exposures and higher rates of PTSD, and particularly for veterans receiving care in rural areas where access to PTSD specialty services is limited. To better understand this issue, we conducted 10 focus groups with clinici...
Source: Progress in Palliative Care - May 2, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Anica Pless Kaiser Kelly O'Malley Jennifer Moye Anna G Etchin Lynn Korsun Rachel Weiskittle Hannah Bashian Katherine Kemp Zachary S Sager Source Type: research
