Palliative Care Definition

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Palliative Care Definition

Palliative care is the active holistic care of individuals across all ages with serious health-related suffering due to severe illness, and especially of those near the end of life. It aims to improve the quality of life of patients, their families and their caregivers.

Palliative care:

Includes prevention, early identification, comprehensive assessment and management of physical issues, including pain and other distressing symptoms, psychological distress, spiritual distress and social needs. Whenever possible, these interventions must be evidence based.
Provides support to help patients live as fully as possible until death by facilitating effective communication, helping them and their families determine goals of care.
Is applicable throughout the course of an illness, according to the patient's needs.
Is provided in conjunction with disease modifying therapies whenever needed.
May positively influence the course of illness.
Intends neither to hasten nor postpone death, affirms life, and recognizes dying as a natural process.
Provides support to the family and the caregivers during the patient's illness, and in their own bereavement.
Is delivered recognizing and respecting the cultural values and beliefs of the patient and the family.
Is applicable throughout all health care settings (place of residence and institutions) and in all levels (primary to tertiary).
Can be provided by professionals with basic palliative care training.
Requires specialist palliative care with a multiprofessional team for referral of complex cases.