• Res Dev Disabil · Dec 2016

    Physicians' identification of the need for palliative care in people with intellectual disabilities.

    • Cis Vrijmoeth, Pleun Barten, Assendelft Willem J J WJJ Department of Primary and Community Health Care, Radboudumc Nijmegen, PO box 9101 (route 117), 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic add, Christians Milou G M MGM Intellectual Disabilities and Health, Department of Primary and Community Health Care, Radboudumc Nijmegen, PO box 9101 (route 68), 6500 HB Nijme, Festen Dederieke A M DAM Intellectual Disability Medicine, Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, PO Box 2040 (NA 1909), 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Marijke Tonino, Vissers Kris C P KCP Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboudumc Nijmegen, PO box 9101 (route 549), 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electro, and Marieke Groot.
    • Intellectual Disabilities and Health, Department of Primary and Community Health Care, Radboudumc Nijmegen, PO box 9101 (route 68), 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Intellectual Disability Medicine, Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, PO Box 2040 (NA 1909), 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: cis.vrijmoeth@radboudumc.nl.
    • Res Dev Disabil. 2016 Dec 1; 59: 55-64.

    BackgroundA growing number of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) is suffering from life-threatening chronic illnesses and is therefore in need for palliative care.AimsWe aimed to explore how the need for palliative care is recognized in people with ID.Methods And ProceduresWe conducted a semi-structured interview study among 10 ID-physicians in the Netherlands.Outcomes And ResultsIdentification of people with ID in need for palliative care mostly results from a process in which multiple signals from different information sources converge and lead to a growing awareness. As a result, ID-physicians do not expect people to return to their prior level of health or functioning, but rather expect an irreversible decline leading to death. The presence, stage and prognosis of the disease, physician-patient interaction, and communication with proxies who provide contextual information are factors influencing the process.Conclusions And ImplicationsDistinctive for a population of people with ID are the frequent diagnostic uncertainty in people with ID, the patients' communicational abilities and the reliance of ID-physicians on close proxies. We argue for a proactive attitude of physicians regarding care and support of people with ID with palliative care needs.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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