Sykepleie og helsefremming blant pasienter i palliativ omsorg
Sammanfattning
This article provides an overview of the nursing role and responsibility in regard to dying
patients and how a health promotion perspective may contribute to a good and dignified death. The
experience of death and dying which can have serious consequences for both the dying person and
the family’s grief work and health in the period after death is also discussed. Factors that emphasize
a health promotion perspective of palliative care patients and their families will be presented and
discussed. All approaches to the patients and their families must be based on the individual and
adjusted context and framework. The possibility of monitoring the bereaved after the death is
emphasized as an important health promotion intervention.