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Palliative Care 2016
September 29-30, 2016
Volume 6 Issue 5(Suppl) J Palliat Care Med
ISSN: 2165-7386 JPCM, an open access journal
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September 29-30, 2016 Toronto, Canada
2nd Global Congress onHospice & Palliative Care
Akiko Nishikawa et al., J Palliat Care Med 2016, 6:5(Suppl)
A CASE REPORT: THE DYING PATIENT’S EXPERIENCE OF BEING HEARD HELPED TO
RECOVER HER AUTONOMY
Akiko Nishikawaa Seiji Kunikataa and Yoshie Shizusawaa
aNara Hospital, Japan
Background: In Japan, in many situations families are notified of a patient’s terminal cancer diagnosis prior to the patient
being notified. In addition, some families can also be opposed to the patient, even being notified of their terminal cancer
diagnosis, which can leave the patient isolated in anxiety and suffering leading to spiritual pain.
Case Presentation: I would like to present a 68-year-old Japanese woman with bladder cancer with peritoneal dissemination.
She underwent surgery for bowel obstruction, but it re-occluded after surgery. It was explained to her husband that no further
treatment options were possible. Her husband was strongly opposed to his wife being told about this news because he was
concerned by its effect on her emotional state. Despite the woman’s continual questions about why she was not recovering, she
was given no information about it and became depressed.
Later, she started to communicate her awareness of her impending death with us while sharing feelings of regret and loss. After
she finished talking, she also told us about her hope that she wanted to live without suffering for a short time, so we decided
to tell her husband about her desires.
We would like to focus on the process of recovering her autonomy, by using Murata’s Supportive Communication Theory with
its focus on the skills of repetition and silence when communicating with others. The experience of being heard appropriately
may help the patient to recover her autonomy and develop resilience.
Biography
Akiko Nishikawa, after completion of cancer OCNS (Oncology Certified Nurse Specialist) course in 2012 at Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, has
experience as a professional nurse at Nara hospital, Kindai University, Faculty of Medicine, and was certified as CNS in 2013. She has also learned at the Research
Society of interpersonal Assistance and Spirituality, and done a lot of practice in clinical setting of palliative care. Currently, she works exclusively for palliative
care team at current workplace. Rather than belonging to particular sections, she enjoys being with patients with independent, cross-sectional position and offers
spiritual care to suffering patients.