Palliative psychiatry through the eyes of psychiatric nurses in a country where palliative psychiatry has not yet emerged: A qualitative study

Psychiatric nurses are not familiar with the concept of palliative psychiatric care and associate it with holistic and individualized care. Nurses stated that palliative psychiatric care targets serious psychiatric disorders, treatment-resistant conditions, comorbidities and end-of-life care. In order to overcome barriers to palliative psychiatric care, suggestions were made for reorganizing the health system, establishing palliative care centers, training professionals in this field, and efforts to combat stigma.