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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 concerns areas such as [[analgesia|pain control]], [[continence]] and a [[multidisciplinary team]] approach. Often, doctors are not the best people to deal with the issues that the patients have. | 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 concerns areas such as [[palliative analgesia|pain control]], [[continence]] and a [[multidisciplinary team]] approach. Often, doctors are not the best people to deal with the issues that the patients have. | ||
Revision as of 17:28, 24 February 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 concerns areas such as pain control, continence and a multidisciplinary team approach. Often, doctors are not the best people to deal with the issues that the patients have.