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Palliative care: a primer.

Evgenia Litrivis1, Cardinale B Smith

  • 1Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. evgenia.litrivis@mssm.edu

The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, New York
|July 13, 2011
PubMed
Summary

Palliative care improves quality of life for patients with serious illnesses and their families. Despite its benefits and expansion, this crucial supportive service remains underutilized.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Specialties
  • Supportive Care
  • Quality of Life Improvement

Background:

  • Palliative care enhances life quality for patients with chronic and advanced serious illnesses and their families.
  • It is suitable for all illness stages, differentiating it from hospice care, which is for terminal prognoses.
  • Palliative care specialists offer symptom management, psychosocial support, communication aid, and care transition assistance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the importance of palliative care in managing serious illnesses.
  • To underscore the underutilization of palliative care services.
  • To emphasize the expanding role of palliative care specialists.

Main Methods:

  • Review of palliative care principles and services.

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  • Analysis of patient and family outcomes associated with palliative care.
  • Examination of service expansion and utilization trends.

    • Main Results:

    • Palliative care is associated with improved patient and family outcomes.
    • There has been a rapid expansion of palliative care services.
    • Palliative care consultation is currently underutilized.

    Conclusions:

    • Palliative care is essential for improving quality of life in serious illness.
    • Increased utilization of palliative care is needed as serious illness burden grows.
    • Palliative care specialists are vital for providing timely, high-quality supportive care.