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The final days of a terminally ill patient have specific characteristics, they require certain attitudes from family members and caregivers and represent changes for the patient that are worth recognizing. We talk about all of this in the video. 0:00 Concept of terminally ill patient 1:21 What is agony or the final phase of a terminally ill patient? 2:01 What symptoms appear in the final days? 3:36 Spending the last days at home or in the hospital? 5:52 Does a dying patient realize that death is approaching? 7:59 Is depression common in terminally ill patients? 9:24 How should you act when visiting a terminally ill patient? 12:02 What can caregivers do in the dying phase? 13:30 Signs that death is approaching 15:10 How long does the agony of a terminally ill patient last? Here are all the videos in the series on Palliative Care and the Terminally Ill! 1.- What is palliative care? • What is Palliative Care? 2.- Food and hydration in the terminally ill patient • Food and Hydration in the Pa... 3.- The last days of the terminally ill patient • The Last Days of the Terminally Ill Patient 4.- The death of the terminally ill patient • The Death of the Terminally Ill Patient 5.- Grief after the death of the terminally ill patient • Grief after the Death of the Terminally Ill Patient 6.- Euthanasia, sedation and therapeutic obstinacy • Euthanasia, Terminal Sedation and Therapeutic Obstinacy... #TerminallyIllPatient #LastDays #PalliativeCare