Palliative care

Question 1

What does palliative care do?

Answer 1

1. Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
2. Affirms life, regards dying as a normal process
3. Intends neither to hasten nor postpone death
4. Integrates psychological and spiritual aspects of care
5. Helps patient live as actively as possible
6. Help family during bereavement
7. Team approach
8. Aims to enhance quality of life, may positively affect course of illness
9. Applicable early in the disease trajectory