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Rachelle Bernacki1, Vyjeyanthi S Periyakoil2
1Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts (R.B.).
Abstract:
Palliative care (PC) is the art and science of providing goal-concordant care, skillfully managing complex and refractory pain and nonpain symptoms, mitigating suffering, and augmenting quality of life for seriously ill patients throughout the course of the illness trajectory. The primary team should provide generalist PC for all seriously ill patients and know when to refer patients to specialist PC. Specialty-level PC services should be reserved for complex problems beyond the scope of primary PC. This article reviews principles and best practices to support patient-centered PC.
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