Palliative Care Overview
Palliative care aims to enhance the quality of life of patients and their families who are faced with a life-threatening illness. It focuses on increasing comfort through prevention and treatment of suffering. Palliative care encompasses the whole self, caring for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients and their families. Palliative care provides relief from pain and other symptoms of illness such as fatigue, nausea, shortness of breath, and loss of apptetite. It is designed to prevent and relieve these symptoms so you can get on with daily life.
Palliative Care for Children
In our modern society, with the advancement of medical technology and specialized care, we expect children to outlive their parents. Unfortunately that isn’t always the case. Approximately 53,000 children die each year from accidents or trauma, congenital conditions, prematurity, inherited disorders, or acquired illness.
In our modern society, with the advancement of medical technology and specialized care, we expect children to outlive their parents. Unfortunately that isn’t always the case. Approximately 53,000 children die each year from accidents or trauma, congenital conditions, prematurity, inherited disorders, or acquired illness.
Choosing a Hospice Provider
Tips for choosing a hospice based on location of hospice nurses, hospice staff, hospice ownership, and hospice pharmacies.
Tips for choosing a hospice based on location of hospice nurses, hospice staff, hospice ownership, and hospice pharmacies.
Doctor/Patient Communication: Find the Right Palliative Care Doctor
A good doctor is also a good communicator. Find out how you can spot a good doctor while holding up your end of the bargain with tips from Trish Torrey, About.com's guide to Patient Empowerment.
A good doctor is also a good communicator. Find out how you can spot a good doctor while holding up your end of the bargain with tips from Trish Torrey, About.com's guide to Patient Empowerment.
Finding Palliative Care
Suggestions and resources to help patients and families access palliative and hospice care.
Suggestions and resources to help patients and families access palliative and hospice care.
What is Palliative Care?
Description of palliative care, including goals, the palliative care team, and settings of care.
Description of palliative care, including goals, the palliative care team, and settings of care.
Palliative Care
Brief definition of palliative care.
Brief definition of palliative care.
Does My Loved One Need Palliative Care?
Whether or not to pursue palliative care is a very personal decision. It is one best made after talking with your physician and getting as much information as possible about your loved ones condition.
Whether or not to pursue palliative care is a very personal decision. It is one best made after talking with your physician and getting as much information as possible about your loved ones condition.
Pallimed: A Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog
A hospice and palliative medicine blog for palliative care professionals.
A hospice and palliative medicine blog for palliative care professionals.