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Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, meaning "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimising quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. [1] Within the published literature, many definitions of palliative care exist.
Palliative care got its start as hospice care delivered largely by caregivers at religious institutions. The first formal hospice was founded in 1948 by the British physician Dame Cicely Saunders in order to care for patients with terminal illnesses. [2] She defined key physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of distress in her work.
M. R. Rajagopal (born 23 September 1947) is an Indian palliative care physician (anesthesiologist) and professor referred to as the 'father of palliative care in India' [1] [2] in honour of his significant contribution to the palliative care scene in India.
Home care was provided by palliative support teams, and each hospital and care home recognized to have a palliative support team. In 1999, Belgium ranked second (after the United Kingdom) in the number of palliative care beds per capita. In 2001, there was an active palliative care support team in 72% of hospitals and a specialized nurse or ...
The Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering advances in acute, chronic, and end-of-life symptom management. It is published by Informa Healthcare and the editor in chief is Arthur G. Lipman ( University of Utah Health Sciences Center).
Married palliative care doctor Stephen Andrew Leedy, 59, of St. Petersburg, is accused of using the username “maximumuncle#9112” to prey on roughly 10 children in a sickening, years-long ...
Hospice care in the United States was the subject of the Netflix 2018 Academy Award-nominated [29] short documentary End Game, [30] about terminally ill patients in a San Francisco hospital and Zen Hospice Project, featuring the work of palliative care physician BJ Miller and other palliative care clinicians.
A Florida palliative care doctor was indicted after prosecutors say he instructed minors online to produce sexually explicit images of themselves and directed one to hang herself, federal ...