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Upda te in Pa llia tive Ca re
L ISA ANSE L MO PHARM.D BCOP UNIVE RSI T Y OF NE W ME XI CO CANCE R CE NT E R
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64 yo fe ma le with me ta sta tic o va ria n c a nc e r T re a te d with pa c lita xe l c a rb o pla tin Se ve ra l surg e rie s Ma in c o mpla int ne uro pa thy in fe e t a nd le g s Anxio us a b o ut dise a se a nd pro g re ssio n Ma na g ing pa in with me d ic a l ma rijua na
Pa llia tive c a re re c s
Oxyc o do ne fo r pa in Bo we l re g ime n Co unse ling fo r a nxie ty
Pa llia tive c a re
Appro xima te ly 2.6 millio n pe o ple die in the US Usua lly a s a re sult o f a c hro nic illne ss (c a nc e r a nd he a rt d ise a se ) Pa llia tive c a re Sympto m ma na g e me nt Pa tie nts g o a ls Ca re g ive r suppo rt Whe n pro vid e d to pa tie nts with so me type s o f c a nc e r it c a n
a c tua lly pro lo ng life Pa tie nt a nd fa mily-c e nte re d c a re tha t o ptimize s q ua lity o f life b y a ntic ipa ting , pre ve nting , a nd tre a ting suffe ring
De finitio ns
Wo rld He a lth Org a niza tio n Pa llia tive c a re I mpro ve s the q ua lity o f life o f the pa tie nt thro ug h sympto m c o ntro l
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mpro ve s QOL fo r fa mily Also a ddre sse s spiritua l a nd psyc o so c ia l a spe c ts o f pa tie nt c a re Do e s no t ha ste n o r impe de de a th T e a m a ppro a c h
Physic ia ns, nurse s, so c ia l wo rke rs, pha rma c ists, c ha pla in, music the ra pist Ca n b e utilize d a t a ny time during the c o urse o f a c hro nic illne ss
De finitio n
Ho spic e A ho me pro vid ing c a re fo r the te rmina lly ill Ho spic e c a re is tre a ting sympto ms a t the e nd o f life so the pa tie nt c a n d ie with d ig nity.
Also pro vid e e mo tio na l a nd spiritua l suppo rt fo r the pa tie nt a nd fa mily. T
re a tme nts fo r the te rmina l illne ss a re sto ppe d whe n ho spic e c a re is initia te d .
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- b e e lig ib le fo r the ho spic e b e ne fit tre a tme nt must fo c us o n sympto m
c o ntro l no t d ise a se tre a tme nt.
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