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Palliative Care: Enhancing Quality of Life by Cnette S. Lumbo is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Palliative care aims to improve quality of life for patients with serious illnesses through comprehensive pain and symptom management, communication and coordination between an interdisciplinary care team, patient and family. The goals are to relieve suffering for the whole person through a patient-centered approach. Palliative care can begin at diagnosis and be provided at the same time as curative treatment, and differs from hospice care which focuses on the terminally ill. Nurses play a key role as exper
- Author
- Cnette S. Lumbo
- Language
- EN