Defining Clinical Attunement: A Ubiquitous But Undertheorized Aspect of Palliative Care.
J Palliat Med
; 24(12): 1757-1761, 2021 12.
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| ID: mdl-34714128
ABSTRACT
Attunement, the process of understanding and responding to another's spoken and unspoken needs, is a fundamental concept of human development and the basis of meaningful relationships. To specialize the concept of attunement for palliative care, this article introduces clinical attunement. This term accounts for how palliative care clinicians must repeatedly balance patients' readiness to talk about the future with the cadence of the illness and need for medical decision making. Using the case of Gloria, an example patient living with cancer, this article discusses three skills to foster clinical attunement asking, repairing disconnections, and offering containment. It is the fourth in a series exploring the psychological elements of palliative care.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Palliat Med
Journal subject:
SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States