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Review

End-Stage Head and Neck Cancer: Coping Mechanism

by
Bogdan Popescu
1,
Oana Păun
1,
Răzvan V. Scăunaşu
2,* and
Șerban V.G. Berteşteanu
1
1
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Colțea Clinical Hospital, Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania
2
Department of General Surgery, Colțea Clinical Hospital, Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Mind Med. Sci. 2017, 4(2), 93-99; https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.42.P9399
Submission received: 1 August 2017 / Revised: 1 September 2017 / Accepted: 1 October 2017 / Published: 5 October 2017

Abstract

Coping mechanisms are patients’ means of adapting to stressful situations and involve psychological and physical changes in behavior. Patients adapt to head and neck cancer in a variety of ways. Head and neck cancers are extremely debilitating, especially in advanced stages of the disease or in end-of-life situations. While an oncology team needs to address the needs of all oncology patients, the advanced terminal patients require special attention. Most of these patients do not cope well with their situation and have a tendency to cease social interactions. Pain is the most frequentlyexperienced medical disability in patients having an end-stage illness experience, and thus an important medical endeavor is to afford dignity to the dying patient facingan incurable disease. In such cases, the medical community should never refuse therapy or to assist a dying patient.In some instances, the patient and family may derive benefit from their religious beliefs.
Keywords: palliative care; advanced terminal stage; death; psychological status palliative care; advanced terminal stage; death; psychological status

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Popescu, B.; Păun, O.; Scăunaşu, R.V.; Berteşteanu, Ș.V.G. End-Stage Head and Neck Cancer: Coping Mechanism. J. Mind Med. Sci. 2017, 4, 93-99. https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.42.P9399

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Popescu B, Păun O, Scăunaşu RV, Berteşteanu ȘVG. End-Stage Head and Neck Cancer: Coping Mechanism. Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences. 2017; 4(2):93-99. https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.42.P9399

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Popescu, Bogdan, Oana Păun, Răzvan V. Scăunaşu, and Șerban V.G. Berteşteanu. 2017. "End-Stage Head and Neck Cancer: Coping Mechanism" Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences 4, no. 2: 93-99. https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.42.P9399

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Popescu, B., Păun, O., Scăunaşu, R. V., & Berteşteanu, Ș. V. G. (2017). End-Stage Head and Neck Cancer: Coping Mechanism. Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 4(2), 93-99. https://doi.org/10.22543/7674.42.P9399

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