1. Care related to symptoms and personal care |
Pain and symptom management |
Being clean |
Having physical touch |
2. Being prepared for death |
Having affairs in order |
Believing family is prepared |
Knowing what to expect |
Communicating treatment preferences and naming a proxy decision maker |
3. Achieving a sense of completion |
Saying goodbye to important people |
Recognizing one's own accomplishments |
Resolving unfinished business |
4. Being treated as a whole person |
Maintaining dignity |
Maintaining a sense of humor |
Not dying alone |
Having someone who will listen |
5. Relating to family, society, care providers, and transcendent |
Trust in and comfort with clinician and nurses |
Being able to discuss personal fears, including dying and death |
Not being a burden to family or society |
Being able to help others |
Coming to peace with God |
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