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The medical and nursing staff can, through their listening attitude and their interventions, contribute to the psychosocial adaptions of the patient, as well as to maintaining the quality of life, in the terminal stage. In cancer care, as well as in terminal care, Stressors are numerous. These Stressors are summarized in Table 1.
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Delvaux, N., Razavi, D., Farvacques, C., Robaye, E. (1988). The Effectiveness of a Psychological Training Designed for Health Care Professionals Dealing with Terminal Cancer Patients. In: Gilmore, A., Gilmore, S. (eds) A Safer Death. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8359-2_26
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