Concurrent Palliative Care for Surgical Patients
| Autor: | Ana Berlin, Teresa Johelen Carleton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Patient Care Team
Surgeons medicine.medical_specialty Palliative care business.industry Surgical care Palliative Care Specialty Treatment options 030230 surgery Mutually exclusive events Perioperative Care 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surgical Procedures Operative 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Surgery Intensive care medicine business Psychosocial Surgical patients |
| Zdroj: | Surgical Clinics of North America. 99:823-831 |
| ISSN: | 0039-6109 |
| Popis: | A common fallacy prevalent in surgical culture is for surgical intervention and palliation to be regarded as mutually exclusive or sequential strategies in the trajectory of surgical illness. Modern surgeons play a complex role as both providers and gatekeepers in meeting the palliative needs of their patients. Surgical palliative care is ideally delivered by surgical teams as a component of routine surgical care, and includes management of physical and psychosocial symptoms, basic communication about prognosis and treatment options, and identification of patient goals and values. Specialty palliative care services may be accessed through a through a variety of models. |
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