The good life is not the passive existence of live and let live. It is the participation in which one lives and helps to live. Isaac Bashevis Singer
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The family and patient are a unit of treatment. The support team should try to develop good communication with the family to be able to offer help respectfully and tactfully throughout the different phases of the terminal illness. We review: (a) the influence of the terminal illness on the family, and (b) the important factors in the intervention of the support team and their relationship with the family.
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Astudillo, W., Mendinueta, C., Astudillo, E. et al. How can relations be improved between the family and the support team during the care of terminally ill patients?. Support Care Cancer 3, 72–77 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00343924
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