“A study published in 2014 found that one third of the doctors in UP had not heard of palliative care.” Share this now to spread the word about palliative care!
Today, medicine focuses on the disease only, while palliative care looks at the person and the family. We consider the treatment of the disease important, but we consider the person and their family more important.
Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life. This goes hand-in-hand with curative treatment and continues to care for the person even if a cure is not possible. It also continues to support the family when the patient is gone.
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