TY - JOUR
T1 - A focus on hospice care issues
T2 - A call to action of professional counselors in Nigeria
AU - Onyechi, Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka
AU - Okere, Anthony U.
AU - Eseadi, Chiedu
AU - Otu, Mkpoikanke Sunday
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Medwell Journals, 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The expression “hospice care” alludes to an end-of-life care and is an aspect of palliative care. All over the world, there is a rising but strong unanimity on the need for counselors to progressively use their expertise to help people work through the end-of-life phase. Hence, the reason for this study is to raise the awareness of professional counselors in the Nigerian society on the need for their contribution to end-of-life care of their dying clients, a psycho-oncological intervention, otherwise known as hospice care. The study amongst other things uncovered show counselors could ethically play their roles in end-of-life care of terminally ill clients and those who care about them.
AB - The expression “hospice care” alludes to an end-of-life care and is an aspect of palliative care. All over the world, there is a rising but strong unanimity on the need for counselors to progressively use their expertise to help people work through the end-of-life phase. Hence, the reason for this study is to raise the awareness of professional counselors in the Nigerian society on the need for their contribution to end-of-life care of their dying clients, a psycho-oncological intervention, otherwise known as hospice care. The study amongst other things uncovered show counselors could ethically play their roles in end-of-life care of terminally ill clients and those who care about them.
KW - Code of ethics
KW - End-of-life care
KW - Hospice care
KW - Nigeria
KW - Professional counselors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018203067&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3923/rjmsci.2016.593.595
DO - 10.3923/rjmsci.2016.593.595
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018203067
SN - 1815-9346
VL - 10
SP - 593
EP - 595
JO - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
JF - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
IS - 6
ER -