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Illness Doula: Adding a New Role to Healthcare Practice.
Robinson, Annie; Spencer, Danielle; Lewis, Brad.
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  • Robinson A; New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
  • Spencer D; Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  • Lewis B; New York University, New York, NY, USA. bl466@nyu.edu.
J Med Humanit ; 40(2): 199-210, 2019 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28271258
In this article, we explore the possibility of adding a new role to the clinical encounter: an illness doula. Even though research and education in medical humanities and narrative medicine have made improvements in humanizing healthcare, progress is slow and ongoing. There needs to be an intervention in the practice of healthcare now for people currently going through the system. An illness doula, like a birth doula, would facilitate and insure that attention is paid to the personal needs and desires of the patient in the present system. We envision illness doulas having the ability and availability to accompany the patient throughout the healthcare process, to help communicate with clinicians, and to ensure that patient preferences are understood and respected along the way. We discuss how this idea emerged through the clinical encounters of two of our authors, the possibilities and limitations of creating a new role for illness doulas, and the logistics of how to put this new role into play.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Atenção à Saúde / Doulas Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Med Humanit Assunto da revista: ETICA Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Atenção à Saúde / Doulas Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Med Humanit Assunto da revista: ETICA Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos