- Palliative care - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO defines palliative care as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients – adults and children – and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness It prevents and relieves suffering through the early identification, impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, whether physical, psychosocial, or spiritual
- Palliative care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Palliative care is a crucial part of integrated, people-centred health services (IPCHS) Nothing is more people-centred than relieving their suffering, be it physical, psychological, social, or spiritual Thus, whether the cause of suffering is cancer or major organ failure, drug-resistant tuberculosis or severe burns, end-stage chronic illness or acute trauma, extreme birth prematurity or
- 10 Things You Should Know About Palliative Care
November Is Palliative Care Awareness Month and Experts Debunk Common Myths Palliative care, a specialized, multidisciplinary team approach to caring for seriously ill people and their families, is often reduced to end-of-life care This misconception has led to palliative care involvement being introduced late in an illness, when its interventions are no longer beneficial or […]
- 10 Facts on palliative care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients (adults and children) and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness It prevents and relieves suffering through the early identification, correct assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, whether physical, psychosocial
- Palliative care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Palliative care aims to prevent and relieve health related suffering of adults, children and their families facing problems associated with life-threatening illness It is based on a comprehensive and person-centred approach, addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual suffering
- 姑息治疗 - World Health Organization (WHO)
世卫组织有关姑息治疗的实况报道，提供了目前姑息治疗的需求及其可及性、国家层面可以开展的工作以及世卫组织的应对等
- Palliative care EURO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Palliative care is a crucial part of integrated, people-centred health services (IPCHS) Nothing is more people-centred than relieving their suffering, be it physical, psychological, social, or spiritual
- Palliative care for older people: better practices
Some examples consider how to improve aspects within the whole health system; specific smaller examples consider how to improve palliative care education, support in the community, in hospitals or for specific groups of people, such as people in nursing homes and people with dementia and their families
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