Diploma Thesis THE IMMEDIATE INFLUENCE OF OSTEOPATHIC ...

From experience and also from patients’ reports 37 we know that also in adulthood CF
patients are confronted with difficult decisions (family planning, job planning, financial
situation….).
In addition, the grown-up patients have to change the hospital or hospital ward
because they no longer can be treated at the children’s ward. This again presents the
patients but also the hospital staff with additional problems 38 .
A permanent companion for CF patients is the fear to suddenly find themselves in a
life-threatening state. Often this really happens, and sometimes a lung
transplantation which involves a long time in hospital, long rehabilitation and a
change of lifestyle becomes necessary. Naturally, all theses things involve big
conflicts and problems for the whole family. Thus all attending practitioners are
required to act with a lot of empathy and psychological competence.
In working with CF patients and their families a lot of empathy as well as
professional expertise and psychological competence are necessary.
37 Journal Leben mit Cystischer Fibrose, Ausg 1, 2006, p.7,8
38 Webb AK. Et al., 2001, p.8-11, Bryon M. et al., 2001, p.5-7
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