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The Context and Principles of Palliative Care

Handbook of Palliative Care, Fourth edition, Page: 1-15
2024
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Book Chapter Description

Palliative care offers much to patients with advanced illness and to their families. For some patients this is the main approach in their care. This chapter outlines the principles that underpin effective care for people with advanced disease, provides some definitions and contexts and presents an overview of the attainment and assessment of quality in palliative care. It focusses mostly on the needs and care of adults although most of the principles are transferable to the care of children. Much of the understanding and knowledge of the philosophy, science, and art of palliative care has developed and grown through the work of the hospice movement. End-of-life care can be a confusing term since it may be interpreted by patients, families and professionals as meaning someone is dying very soon, within days. The quality of palliative and end-of-life care is an area of increasing focus.

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