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@ARTICLE{Golla:836860,
author = {Golla, Heidrun and Fink, Gereon Rudolf and Rolke, Roman and
Lorenzl, Stefan and Ebke, Markus and Montag, Thomas and
Gold, Ralf and Nelles, Gereon and Eggers, Carsten and Voltz,
Raymond},
title = {{P}alliativmedizinische {V}ersorgung neurologischer
{P}atienten. {P}alliative care for neurological patients.},
journal = {Aktuelle Neurologie},
volume = {44},
number = {06},
issn = {1438-9428},
address = {Stuttgart},
publisher = {Thieme},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-05896},
pages = {388 - 399},
year = {2017},
abstract = {Although patients with incurable neurological diseases
suffer from a variety of distressing symptoms and may die
from their neurological condition and associated
complications, palliative and hospice care for these
patients to date remains rare. First estimates envisage that
on average $10 \%$ of all patients suffering from a
neurological disease need palliative and hospice care.
However, within German neurology departments, only few
physicians (on average 1.3 /department) and nurses (on
average 2.2./department) are specialized in palliative and
hospice care and only about $3 \%$ of patients cared for
in palliative or hospice care structures suffer from
neurological diseases (in contrast to patients suffering
from oncological diseases, approximately $80 \%).$
Responsible for this rather low number is a just gradual
increase in the awareness of palliative and hospice care
needs for neurological patients and a currently predominant
supply of oncological patients in palliative and hospice
care structures which are primarily aimed at these patients.
In line with this is that the special aspects of
neurological patients are currently not adequately addressed
in the palliative training curricula of health care
professionals. Rather, patients with advanced neurological
conditions are medically cared for by general practitioners
and by the existing inpatient and outpatient neurological
structures, which may also offer sub-specialty services.
Consequently, adequate care for severely affected
neurological patients becomes difficult as soon as these
patients are hardly able to visit these structures since
home-based specialist treatment is currently only limitedly
carried out and financed. Novel yet to date rare approaches,
mostly of international origin, suggest that these patients
may benefit from specialized home based services, combining
neurological and palliative care expertise. At present, data
that characterize the situation of neuro-palliative care in
Germany remain scarce. In addition to the already known
supply gaps (e. g. low rate of neurologists trained in
palliative medicine as well as of nurses working in
neurology trained in palliative care, lacking consideration
of the specific (care) needs of neurological patients in
general and specialized palliative and hospice care
structures, hardly available home-based outpatient
specialists) research is a prerequisite to identify current
gaps in palliative care of neurological patients in more
detail and how these might be overcome in the future.},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000407300300003},
doi = {10.1055/s-0043-108194},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/836860},
}