Open AccessPalliative care: Benefits when included early to treat cancer
Author(s) -
Rocío Candelario Santiago,
Edú Ortega Ibarra,
Ilse Haide Ortega Ibarra
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mexican journal of medical research icsa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2007-5235
DOI - 10.29057/mjmr.v10i19.7156
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , disease , nursing , terminal cancer , cancer , intensive care medicine , family medicine , psychology
This paper aims to understand palliative care (PC) when included as part of the treatment for patients with cancer and when there is no need to wait for the person to be in an advanced or terminal stage of the disease. Palliative care is considered as the care required by patients living critical stages of life. Therefore, palliative care should be included from the diagnosis phase of the disease in order to go hand in hand with treatment. This situation is of great importance, because as we are human beings, we have emotional, social, and spiritual needs so that we perceive ourselves in a wholesome way.