Palliative care is a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach that includes specialised medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness—whatever the diagnosis. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Palliative c...
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Relieves symptoms and improve a patient’s quality of life, but does not treat the disease.
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Focuses on symptom control and support when an illness cannot be cured; usually involves a team of healthcare professionals such as specialist nurses, doctors, social workers and physiotherapists.
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Care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease. The goal of palliative care is to prevent or treat as early as possible the symptoms of a disease, side effects caused by treatment of a disease, and psychological, social, and spiritual problems related to a disease or its treatment. Also called c...
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Treatment aimed at relieving symptoms and pain rather than effecting a cure.
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Treatment aimed at relieving symptoms and pain rather than effecting a cure. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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supportive care.
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Care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease. The goal of palliative care is to prevent or treat as early as possible the symptoms of the disease, side effects caused by treatment of the disease, and psychological, social, and spiritual problems related to the disease or its treatment. Also ca...
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Treatment to relieve pain caused by cancer. Palliative care can help people live more comfortably.
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Care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease. The goal of palliative care is to prevent or treat as early as possible the symptoms of the disease, side effects caused by treatment of the disease, and psychological, social, and spiritual problems related to the disease or its treatment. Also ca...
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Palliative care aims to achieve the best possible quality of life for people with any progressive illness, such as some cancers, and for those who are close to them. It involves both controlling symptoms and offering support with emotional, social and spiritual needs.
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Treatment to relieve, rather than cure, symptoms caused by cancer. Palliative care can help people live more comfortably.
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Type: Term Synonyms: palliative treatment
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Palliative care: 1) Medical or comfort care that reduces the severity of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing a cure. For incurable diseases, in cases where the cure is not recommended due to other health concerns, and when the patient does not wish to pursue a cure, palliative care becomes the focus of treatment. For example, if s...
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Medical care designed to keep a patient comfortable and pain-free while also providing psychological and spiritual support. Rather than focusing on curing an illness, palliative care emphasizes quality of life for both the patient and the patient's family members. Used negatively, it may mean the provision of only perfunctory medical care when an i...
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Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Palliative care is provided by a specially-trained team of doctors, nurses and other specialists wh...
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The care of patients whose disease is no longer curable, eg cancer, HIV/Aids, and motor-neurone disease. It takes into account the physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care of patients, with the aim of providing the best quality of life for them. Palliative care was developed by and is still largely provided by voluntary hospice...
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The active total care of patients whose illness cannot be cured. It includes control of pain, of other symptoms and of psychological, social and spiritual problems.
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Palliative care concentrates on improving your quality of life and that of your family. It focuses on controlling pain and other symptoms, and meeting a person's social, emotional and spiritual needs.
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In medicine, care aimed at reducing the suffering of those patients with terminal illnesses (those from which there is no hope of recovery). Treatment centres on keeping patients as comfortable, alert, and free of pain as possible. Palliative care also involves consideration of any emotional, social, or family problems that the patient is experienc...
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Palliative care is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of disease symptoms, rather than striving to halt, delay, or reverse progression of the disease itself or provide a cure. The goal is to prevent and relieve suffering and to improve quality of life for people facing serious, complex illness.
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An approach to caring for an individual with a focus on quality of life. Palliative Care is appropriate for many patients living with progressive, incurable illnesses, or for individuals approaching death.
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