Palliative Care
Palliative care is an inter disciplinary medical care giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex illness. Patients who receive palliative care have their physical and emotional symptoms addressed, are able to communicate more effectively with their healthcare providers and receive care that is consistent with their wishes.
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure. Patients in palliative care may receive medical care for their symptoms, or palliative care, along with treatment intended to cure their serious illness. Palliative care is meant to enhance a person’s current care by focusing on quality of life for them and their family.
Who can benefit from palliative care?
Palliative care is a resource for anyone living with a serious illness, such as heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and many others. Palliative care can be helpful at any stage of illness and is best provided soon after a person is diagnosed.
In addition to improving quality of life and helping with symptoms, palliative care can help patients understand their choices for medical treatment. The organized services available
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