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This area of medicine which deals with '''symptom control''' and is '''non-curative'''. Essentially, patients who are dying and lengthening life takes second place to making sure they are comfortable. It | This area of medicine which deals with '''symptom control''' and is '''non-curative'''. Essentially, patients who are dying and lengthening life takes second place to making sure they are comfortable. It is hugely based on a [[multidisciplinary team]] approach. Some say "Palliative care is helping dying people to live". Or as [[Raj]] put it, "Palliative care is stopping people from dying in such a shitty way". | ||
===Key conditions=== | |||
According to a tutorial we had, the key areas to deal with: | |||
*[[Pain control]] | |||
*[[Respiratory problems]] | |||
*[[Nausea and vomiting]] | |||
*[[Incontinence]] | |||
Learn about those, and that's it. | |||
==="Mrs Jones, I'm afraid I have some bad news..."=== | |||
Learning to break bad news is a key part of palliative care. We don't think its really the thing to learn out of a book; get together with a mate, and try telling them seriously a few times "I'm afraid we have the test results back, and I'm afraid they show that you have [[Leukaemia]]." Use your brains, be sensitive and you'll learn a lot. You can find some more tips on [http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Breaking-Bad-News.htm this website]. | |||
Revision as of 15:18, 20 August 2009
This area of medicine which deals with symptom control and is non-curative. Essentially, patients who are dying and lengthening life takes second place to making sure they are comfortable. It is hugely based on a multidisciplinary team approach. Some say "Palliative care is helping dying people to live". Or as Raj put it, "Palliative care is stopping people from dying in such a shitty way".
Key conditions
According to a tutorial we had, the key areas to deal with:
Learn about those, and that's it.
"Mrs Jones, I'm afraid I have some bad news..."
Learning to break bad news is a key part of palliative care. We don't think its really the thing to learn out of a book; get together with a mate, and try telling them seriously a few times "I'm afraid we have the test results back, and I'm afraid they show that you have Leukaemia." Use your brains, be sensitive and you'll learn a lot. You can find some more tips on this website.