Article: Symptom Relief in Palliative Care.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Physician-assisted suicide or palliative care?
National Forum;  March 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care." Report of a WHO Expert ... identifies components of palliative care as including symptom relief, pain relief, psychosocial ... pastoral care (11). While palliative-care measures emphasize the ...

Article: Pain control; Palliative care yields increased ...
Modern Physician;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... building a comprehensive palliative care program are both simple and surprising. Symptom relief is good for seriously ... director of the Palliative Care Service at the University ... in consultation on palliative care. "It takes time ...

Article: Oncology nurses' perceptions of nursing roles and professional ...
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing;  August 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... consider an expanded palliative care view which extends ... According to those palliative care specialists, establishing ... goals, providing symptom relief, advocating, communicating ... were the primary palliative care ideals. However ...

Article: Palliative Care unit closing.
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);  October 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... patients treated on the palliative care unit have cancer ... services of the new palliative care team, which specializes ... control and other symptom relief, will be available ... the four designated palliative care rooms and elsewhere ...

Article: Oncology nurses' perceptions about palliative ...
Oncology Nursing Forum;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... improve provision of palliative care services in your ... are core aspects of palliative care. Yet data from decedents ... outcomes such as symptom relief and patient and family ... barriers to effective palliative care for patients and ...

Article: Palliative care exists in Cyprus.
Cyprus Mail (Cyprus);  August 27, 2009 ;     407 words ... ... that there are no palliative care services in Cyprus ... doctors trained in palliative care. PASYKAF and The ... Life in Limassol. Palliative care is something of a ... many people with symptom relief and quality of life ...

Article: Heart failure and palliative care; a team ...
SciTech Book News;  March 1, 2007 ;     452 words ... ... heart failure and palliative care and promotes cooperation ... cardiology and palliative care teams. The contributors ... as prognosis and symptom relief for advanced heart ... heart failure; and palliative care needs of young people ...