The Process of Creating Palliative Care Working Flow by The Team Members based on Buddhist Peaceful Means
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The good patient care should be an integrated, people-centred which include taking care of the body, mind and social aspects of a patient. In current western medicine, palliative care has been defined an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness. It is an essential part in taking care of cancer patients, who have incurable diseases and have chances to die from their diseases. Palliative care improved the quality of life of patients and their families. In Thailand, there are efforts to integrate palliative care into the health services both in government and private sectors. However, from my experience as a palliative care doctor who works in this field for more than 15 years, there are difficulties in creating a successful palliative care program. The lack of knowledge, understanding and feeling of ownership by team members are obstacles in creating a successful program. How to overcome these is the key that I would like to explore. In this article, through my own experience, I provided a successful example of solving problems in a palliative care unit. The Buddhist peaceful means and the quality improvement process were used in creating palliative care workflow at a cancer center. As a result, the team members realized the importance and have the feeling of ownership in the palliative care workflow. This approach created harmonies in the team. I expect the reader can adapt an example model in this article and create palliative care work flow in other units.
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