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What Is Palliative Care ?
Palliative care is aimed at the patients who are suffering with the life threatening diseases. The scope of the palliative care includes treatment for the sufferers along with the caring for physical and emotional needs of them. Often the patients bearing life threatening diseases suffer from loss of independence, ill feeling about the sickness, fear, trauma, worries about the individuals and the beloved ones etc. The focus of the palliative care would be to increase the quality of the life of the patients.More...
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History Of Palliative Care
Palliative care is newly emerging field in medicine that pays special attention to the patients and the family members who are in deep distress and grief due to the major life threatening diseases. This field of medicine is seen in the history as different way, in which a separate place called death houses are made and care was given to those who are dying.More...
Definitions Of Palliative Care
Palliative care is a move towards bettering the quality of life of the suffering patients and their beloved ones, who are experiencing difficulties owing to life threatening malady. This is done by the prevention and relief of the patients through early recognition and judgment of disease and its treatment. Palliative care renders relief from pain and other distressful symptoms. It neither hurries the death nor postpones death, but it asserts that dying as a natural process. As a part of care, it provides the mental and spiritual support during the course of the treatment.More...
Drug Interaction In Palliative Care
Interaction of drugs in palliative care is one of the most important topics in the area of medical research. It is often occurs due to Polytherapy. Polytherapy is the kind of treatment given to patients with advance disease. In this case, a patient is being treated with more than one drug which results in unfavorable interactions, both pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics. This results in the development of new symptoms and distinguishing the new symptom from the disease is an essential factor in evaluating the patient’s status.More...
What Is The Difference Between Palliative Care And Hospice Care ?
The word palliative is derived from Latin word Palliate meaning to cover or to mask. Hence, it is called as palliative care as it treats life threatening diseases and pain due to illness. It improves the quality of the patient’s life those who are facing trauma and agony with the help of treatment. The care continues in the form of psychological, spiritual and emotional aid.More...
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Drug interaction in palliative care - Definitions of palliative care 
