Palliative Care Concepts in Respiratory Disease

Palliative care for respiratory disease: An education model of care

That palliative care improves quality of life for seriously ill patients and their families is well known - but how can healthcare providers ensure that the palliative needs of all patients are being assessed and addressed? A growing number of curricula in core palliative care practices have been developed to ensure that clinicians from all specialties and disciplines have the necessary trainin...

Palliative Care for Patients with Nonmalignant Respiratory Disease

Nonmalignant respiratory diseases are chronic and life-limiting conditions that need holistic palliative care. Such patients not only have a variety of physical symptoms such as dyspnea, pain, cough, depression, and anxiety, but also have a number of psychosocial and spiritual issues, which are not addressed to by us. This leads to a poor quality of life. Hence, these patients require supportiv...

New concepts in palliative care in the intensive care unit

Some patients admitted to an intensive care unit may face a terminal illness situation, which usually leads to death. Knowledge of palliative care is strongly recommended for the health care providers who are taking care of these patients. In many situations, the patients should be evaluated daily as the introduction of further treatments may not be beneficial to them. The discussions among hea...

Breathe: palliative care in respiratory medicine

The December issue of Breathe focuses on palliative care in respiratory disease http://ow.ly/LN5130fTQus.

Palliative care in chronic disease.