Wednesday 14 February 2018

Psychological ideas in palliative care: behaviour change

European Journal of Palliative Care; 2017 24(6) p. 260-265
Strachan, Jenny

There is little written about behaviour change in palliative care settings. In this article Jenny Strachan examines how encouraging patients to change certain types of behaviour – such as non-compliance with medicines, persistent reassurance seeking and strain in family relationships – comes down to understanding and adjusting the relationship between the behaviour and its reinforcers.

Fulltext available in European Journal of Palliative Care
Available in print in Arthur Rank Hospice Library, Cambridge