What is it about?
Advanced cardiac diseases cause a person to face issues concerning the meaning of life, death, and an uncertain future. It can be challenging to improve the quality of life of those who are living with a terminal illness. For patients with a compromised cardiovascular health state, implementing a palliative care framework could play a key role in alleviating suffering and grief. This article aims to apply a modified version of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs to provide effective palliative care to patients with cardiac conditions.
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Why is it important?
Maslow's hierarchy of needs can also be adapted to the palliative care of patients with terminal cardiac illnesses. Priority should be given to low hierarchical stages, leading to the highest physical symptoms management, personal and social security, acceptance and love during illness, restoration of self-esteem, and self-actualization and transcendence.
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Advanced cardiac diseases have long-term effects on a patient's life. The challenge is to provide holistic care to meet the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of vulnerable patients through the use of appropriate palliative care plans. A modified version of Maslow's hierarchy of needs in palliative care for cardiovascular diseases could be effectively applied for the assessment of patients' requirements and the planning of interventions to achieve aims that initiate wellbeing and potentially cover the experience of transcendence.
Komal Valliani
Aga Khan University
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This page is a summary of: Improving palliative care with Maslow's hierarchy of needs, British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, October 2021, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjca.2021.0052.
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