Open AccessPALLIATIVE CARE: THE PRACTICE OF END OF LIFE CARE
Author(s) -
Esther Macedo Chopra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scholarly research journal for interdisciplinary studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-4766
pISSN - 2278-8808
DOI - 10.21922/srjis.v8i65.1331
Subject(s) - palliative care , social connectedness , obligation , duty , nursing , medicine , end of life care , isolation (microbiology) , psychology , family medicine , psychotherapist , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , law , biology , philosophy , theology
Providing care to the sick is not an obligation but a duty that is bound with human connectedness to each other. Palliative care picks up the strings along with curative treatment to try and provide a comfortable death. Palliative care is provided after a complete assessment is done on the symptoms and the stage of the disease and the condition of the patient. This discipline works not in isolation but with the patient’s family or care giver. The family becomes a part of providing treatment to the patient and they are also given emotional and mental support.