A Study on the Terminal Care Designed from the Viewpoint of Posthumous Care with Full Respect for Patients at Their End of Life and Their Families

本文通过对医疗机构护士和殡葬业者对临终关怀的实地调查，探讨临终关怀教育的内容，重点探讨临终关怀作为护理基础教育的一部分。因此，研究揭示了以下需求：(1)为护士提供太平间护理的知识和技能；（二）配合殡葬公司工作人员；（三）关怀死者家属，并在家属出席时作适当解释。作为研究的一部分，我们在调查的基础上制作了一张关于临终关怀和死后护理的DVD，其中包括丧亲家庭对已故成员太平间护理的实际经历。建议在授课前使用DVD讲解治疗过程，可进一步提高护生对该主题的理解。

Based on a field survey targeting nurses and funeral operators on posthumous care practiced at medical institutes, this paper aims to discuss the education contents concerning the terminal care, with a focus on grief care, as a part of fundamental nursing education.As a result, the study has uncovered the needs :(1) to equip nurses with knowledge and skills on mortuary care ;(2) to cooperate with funeral company workers ; and (3) to be thoughtful towards the bereaved family members and explain them properly at their attendance. As a part of the research, we have prepared a DVD on terminal care as well as posthumous care based on the survey including bereaved families' actual experiences on mortuary care of their deceased member.It was suggested that the use of DVD to provide ideas on the treatment process before providing lectures may further enhance the nursing students' understanding on the subject.