Professonals´Perceptions on the End-of-Life Care: Implementation of the Spanish Version of the Liverpool Care Pathway in Spain and Argentina

TRIPODORO, V., LUXARDO, N., VELOSO, V. ET AL

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE

European Association for Palliative Care

Año: 2013 p. 188 - 189

1479-0793

Health professionals’ perceptions on EoL can influence communication with patients and families. Although in Palliative Care (PC) death is expected, emotions of varying intensity are generated. The fears and difficulties encountered in facing this subject will be different according to previous personal experiences.  The LCP proposes a quality programme of care for people at EoL. Both in Argentina, PALLIUM and in Spain, Cudeca, are implementing a Spanish version of LCP. Aim: describe the perceptions of professionals concerning EoL, and the influence of the LCP in a Latin-American (LA) cultural context. Specific aims: 1-identify the implementation of the LCP (version 12) in Argentina and Spain. 2-analyse the meanings that professionals assigned to care the dying, communication, teamwork, documentation and the attitudes to EoL.