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palliative care - Definition: (Source: MedicineNet)

Palliative care: 1) Medical or comfort care that reduces the severity of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing a cure. For incurable diseases, in cases where the cure is not recommended due to other health concerns, and when the patient does not wish to pursue a cure, palliative care becomes the focus of treatment. For example, if surgery cannot be performed to remove a tumor, radiation treatment might be tried to reduce its rate of growth, and pain management could help the patient manage physical symptoms. 2) In a negative sense, provision only of perfunctory health care when a cure is possible. ...
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Hotlines for palliative care (Source: HealthHotLines)
Hospice Education Institute
(800) 331-1620

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
(800) 646-6460


About palliative care (Source: Medem)
People who are dying of a serious medical condition for which no cure is available or for which treatments have failed have a terminal illness. These patients can receive comfort care, which focuses not on life-prolonging measures but on relieving pain and suffering at the end of life. Palliative care provides comfort care to the patient by focusing on relieving symptoms such as pain, anxiety, nausea and difficulty breathing. Family members as well as the patient are provided with emotional, social and spiritual support to help them with the dying process. Hospice care provides palliative treatment, often with a team approach, to serve a variety of patient and family needs such as home nursing care, social services, pain management and spiritual support. The October 12, 2005, issue of JAMA includes an article about palliative sedation. ...
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News on palliative care
Cultural Beliefs May Keep Blacks From Hospice Care (MedicineNet)
Breaking Down Barriers to End-of-Life Care for Children (MedicineNet)
While Hospice Care Is Growing, Not All Have Access (MedicineNet)
Special care teams help U.S. patients, hospitals (ReutersHealth)

Further Reading on palliative care
  • Palliative Care - Topic Overview ( WebMD )
    What is palliative care ?It is hard to live with an illness that cannot be cured. You may feel lonely, angry, scared, or sad. You...How can palliative care help me learn about hospice care ? How can...
  • Coronary Artery Disease - Treatment Overview ( WebMD )
    Treatment for coronary artery disease ( CAD ) depends upon how far the disease has already progressed . Coronary artery disease is ...to manage your care or refer you to a doctor who specializes in...
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment (PDQ®) - Stage IV Prostate Cancer ( WebMD )
    Note : Some citations in the text of this section are followed by a level of evidence . The PDQ editorial boards use a formal ...system: stage D1. The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research...
  • Cirrhosis - Treatment Overview ( WebMD )
    Cirrhosis is a potentially llife - threatening condition that occurs when inflammation and scarring damage the liver . No treatment ...comfort when cure is no longer an option. Hospice care health...
  • Heart Attack and Unstable Angina - Treatment Overview ( WebMD )
    ...and save your life.Initial treatmentIf you are having a heart attack, the goal of your health care team will be to prevent...doctor who specializes in this type of care . For more information,


  • Pancreatic Cancer Treatment (PDQ®) - Treatment Option Overview ( WebMD )
    There are different types of treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer . Different types of treatment are available for ...that ideally involves the patient, family, and health care team. Three...
  • Last Days and Hours of Life (PDQ®) - Overview ( WebMD )
    ...needs and will cope in different ways. This time is easier when patients,families,and health care providers talk openly about...time is easier when patients, families, and health care providers...
  • Small-Cell Lung Cancer ( WebMD )
    Information on Small - Cell Lung Cancer , which accounts for approximately 20 - 25 % of all cases of lung ...of cancer spreading to the area to which it is given), or palliative (helps reduce suffering).
  • Lung Cancer ( WebMD )
    Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both women and men in the United States and ...away or gets worse over time should be evaluated by a health care provider. Coughing up blood...

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