TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Focus on Hospice Care Issues:
A Call to Action of Professional Counselors in Nigeria
AU - Chinonyelum Nwamaka Onyechi, Kay AU - U. Okere, Anthony AU - Eseadi, Chiedu AU - Sunday Otu, Mkpoikanke 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
SP  - 593
EP  - 595
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2016.593.595
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2016.593.595
KW  - Code of ethics
KW  -end-of-life care
KW  -hospice care
KW  -Nigeria
KW  -professional counselors
AB  - The expression "hospice care" alludes to an end-of-life care and is an aspect of palliative care. All
over the world, there is a rising but strong unanimity on the need for counselors to progressively use their
expertise to help people work through the end-of-life phase. Hence, the reason for this study is to raise the
awareness of professional counselors in the Nigerian society on the need for their contribution to end-of-life
care of their dying clients, a psycho-oncological intervention, otherwise known as hospice care. The study
amongst other things uncovered show counselors could ethically play their roles in end-of-life care of
terminally ill clients and those who care about them.
ER  -