Palliative Medicine
Compassionate care for enhanced quality of life in serious illnesses.
What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual.
Learn MorePalliative Care Improves Quality of Life
Palliative care teams focus on quality of life. They treat people suffering from the symptoms and stress of serious illnesses such as cancer, congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and many more.
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Relieves Suffering From Symptoms and Stress
The goal of palliative care is to relieve suffering and provide the best possible quality of life for patients and their families.Symptoms may include pain, depression, shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping, and anxiety. The team will help you gain the strength to carry on with daily life. In short, palliative care will help improve your quality of life.
And recent studies, including one published in the New England Journal of Medicine, have shown that patients with a cancer who received palliative care lived longer than those who did not receive this care.
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Helps You Match Treatment Options to Your Wishes and Values
The palliative care team also spends the time it takes to help you match your treatment choices to your goals. They will also make sure that all of your doctors know and understand what you want. This gives you more control over your care and will improve your quality of life.
Works Together with Your Other Doctors
Palliative care teams are specialists who work together with you, your family and your other doctors. They provide an extra layer of support when you need it most. In addition to treating your symptoms and stress and supporting you and your family, the palliative care team communicates with all of your doctors so that everyone is on the same page. They support you every step of the way.
How to Get Palliative Care
If you or a loved one is facing a serious illness, you may benefit from palliative care. You can have palliative care at any point in your illness. Take the quiz if you're not sure, then ask your doctor for a referral to palliative care. Bring the handout with you!
