Palliative Care Flashcards
1
Q
What is palliative care?
A
active total care of patients whose disease = not responsive to curative treatment
2
Q
palliative care = good symptom control +
A
physical
social
psychological
spiritual needs
3
Q
who does palliative care involve
A
all professionals working in healthcare
4
Q
patients who should receive palliative care
A
cancer cardiac failure resp failure renal failure neurological disease HIV stroke dementia
5
Q
palliative care start
A
healthcare professionals recognise patient might be in last years of their life
6
Q
physical symptoms in incurable disease
A
pain nausea + vomiting fatigue anorexia breathlessness itch drowsiness constipation/ diarrhoea physical symptoms
7
Q
end of life care
A
physical
psychological
spiritual
social
