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Palliative Care: A Care Beyond Cure


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1 Assistant Professor, Center for Hospital Management, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai., India
2 MHA (Hospital Admin) Student, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai., India
     

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Palliative Care is becoming an essential part of the healthcare delivery system. It focuses on the holistic needs of seriously ill patients. Palliative care is mainly for patients suffering from serious illnesses with fewer chances of returning to normal. Its goal is to help the patient have a dignified life for the rest of their days and to support families to cope with several traumas associated with caring for a person suffering from terminal illnesses. It addresses the patient’s physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, social, and family issues by employing several methods like counseling, communication, etc. The severity of the disease poses problems for both caregivers and patients. This paper helps us understand all these things associated with palliative care in detail and the need to promote palliative care as there is a dire need for it.

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palliative care, cancer, psychological care, emotional care, spiritual care.
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Authors

Dr. Dhananjay Mankar
Assistant Professor, Center for Hospital Management, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai., India
Devesh Tripathi
MHA (Hospital Admin) Student, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai., India

Abstract


Palliative Care is becoming an essential part of the healthcare delivery system. It focuses on the holistic needs of seriously ill patients. Palliative care is mainly for patients suffering from serious illnesses with fewer chances of returning to normal. Its goal is to help the patient have a dignified life for the rest of their days and to support families to cope with several traumas associated with caring for a person suffering from terminal illnesses. It addresses the patient’s physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, social, and family issues by employing several methods like counseling, communication, etc. The severity of the disease poses problems for both caregivers and patients. This paper helps us understand all these things associated with palliative care in detail and the need to promote palliative care as there is a dire need for it.

Keywords


palliative care, cancer, psychological care, emotional care, spiritual care.

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