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PALLIATIVE CARE (Goals of palliative care (• Improves quality of life,…
PALLIATIVE CARE
What is palliative care
• Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach to specialized medical and nursing care for people with life-limiting illness. It focuses on providing relief from symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress at any stage of illness.
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Goals of palliative care
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• Supports life and keeping people as healthy as possible, regarding dying as a normal process
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• Supports life and keeping people as healthy as possible, regarding dying as a normal process
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• Also applies to the earlier stages of illness, alongside other therapies that aimed at prolonging life
• Can take place in hospitals, hospices but also in people’s homes
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