Palliative Care

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• The objective of Palliative care is to achieve the best quality of life for patients and their families facing the problems associated with life threatening illness, through the relief of serious health related suffering including early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems -physical, psychosocial, and spiritual. Palliative care has been found to be effective where integrated throughout the life course. It should NOT be confined to end of life care or used only in cancer related illnesses.
• This chapter provides a symptom-based approach to common symptoms experienced in settings of advanced life limiting illnesses. Symptomatic management can help support patients whatever the stage of their illness.