How does palliative care help?
Palliative care can help ensure that life remains meaningful and fulfilling despite living with a serious illness.
Elements of palliative care
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With palliative care, you will always have a say in what matters most to you throughout your illness.
Palliative care also recognizes that different patients may have unique priorities and support systems, also known as “goals of care” – and palliative care respects the importance of creating treatment plans that work for the individual patient given their unique set of circumstances. With this type of care, you will always have a say in what matters most to you throughout your illness.
The World Health Organization sums up the elements of palliative care as:
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