Prospective use of hospice care in Armenia

Khachatrian, Arthur

dc.contributor.author	Khachatrian, Arthur
dc.date.accessioned	2014-04-29T08:55:56Z
dc.date.available	2014-04-29T08:55:56Z
dc.date.created	1997
dc.date.issued	2014-04-29
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.aua.am/xmlui/handle/123456789/200
dc.description	Little is written on the management of problems encountered by patients with terminal ill diseases in Armenia. Whereas the conditions is a common as a last state of diseases development, and an increasing numbers of terminal ill patients pose a considerable burden on the family and community. The purpose of this project is to ascertain whether there is a room for terminal ill patient care in the existing health care services and to develop an appropriate strategy in order to create hospice care unit in Armenia. To estimate an approximate number of terminal ill patient eligible for hospice care. The paper carry out situational analyze on purposes to reveal in what extend current health care system meet adequately the needs of terminally ill patients and their families. Which of state or private agency responsible for, in order to supplement not duplicate existing services. The primaryconcern is the development and set up of a systemof services for the terminal ill patients. The international experience in this field. Imperative to do shift among opinion of health care providers and policy makers that the whole family need to be considered as a unite of care. The necessity to set up different approaches toward terminal ill patient care. Who will be responsible for and when is patient actually may considered to be terminal ill.Hospice techniques for controlling symptoms such as pain are discussed in this proposal. There are showed that there are different type of Hospice care and tendency of development in the world. There is also information about the cost of this project and political and administrative feasibility. There is conclusion and recommendations for implementation of this project. A decision has been made that the Hospice care may and will become one of important services in the existing health care and social system without duplicating existing services.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	American University of Armenia (AUA)	en_US
dc.subject	1997	en_US
dc.subject	Armenia	en_US
dc.subject	Hospice care	en_US
dc.subject	Terminal care	en_US
dc.subject	Hospices	en_US
dc.subject	Terminal illness	en_US
dc.subject	Care of the sick	en_US
dc.subject	Social medicine	en_US
dc.title	Prospective use of hospice care in Armenia	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US