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MENSONGE THERAPEUTIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Nervous System
CONT

The current belief is that health care staff should join a person [with dementia] in their reality in order to reduce distress and prevent feelings of anxiety or insecurity. If this is to happen, it is understandable that a certain amount of 'bending the truth' is going to happen, often called a therapeutic lie; a lie with a positive outcome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Système nerveux
CONT

La compétence de l'infirmière et de l'aide-soignante est de savoir quand utiliser un mensonge thérapeutique et de savoir pourquoi il est nécessaire de le faire. [Cela dit,] la meilleure chose à faire est de distraire le patient afin que l'infirmière et l'aide-soignante ne [soient] pas entraînées dans la question éthique de mentir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Sistema nervioso
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