About this document
Ethical Principles in Palliative Care by Blessed Abigael is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses concepts of palliative care and hospice care. It defines palliative care as improving quality of life for those with life-threatening illness through pain and symptom management. Hospice care focuses on comfort at the end of life. The core principles of palliative care are relieving suffering, affirming life, and supporting physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Key ethical issues involve patient autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice.
- Author
- Blessed Abigael
- Language
- EN