Incorporating transitional palliative care in a bone marrow transplant unit by serious illness conversation: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transplant professionals are specialized in providing lifesaving organs to patients in whom organ failure including bone marrow, in a way that gives strong hope to patients and families. We should be aware of that patients with advanced medical conditions must have an advanced care planning (ACP) in place, though it is difficult to balance possible outcomes and hope.

Case description

This case report showed our serious illness conversation program (SICP) could transit gradually a patient with bone marrow transplant (BMT) and palliative care (PC) needs to hospice care. Initially, she had difficulty in accepting the relapse of her hematological disease, with the main focus on disease treatment and blood parameters. After the transition, this patient's symptoms got b

SUBMITTER: Tsang KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130676 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature