{"id":1523,"date":"2018-04-25T10:02:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T04:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bdpallcare.com\/new\/?page_id=1523"},"modified":"2018-04-25T10:08:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T04:08:36","slug":"principles-of-palliative-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bdpallcare.com\/new\/principles-of-palliative-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Principles of Palliative Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1523\" class=\"elementor elementor-1523 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c399db6 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c399db6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2405eb\" data-id=\"f2405eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701ad76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"701ad76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Principles of Palliative Care<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2feee10 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2feee10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5719612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5719612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Palliative care:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">affirms life and regards dying as a normal process;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">intends neither to hasten or postpone death;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">offers a support system to help the family cope during the patients illness and in their own bereavement;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">uses a team approach to address the needs of patients and their families, including bereavement counselling, if indicated;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">will enhance quality of life, and may also positively influence the course of illness;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is applicable early in the course of illness, in conjunction with other therapies that are intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and includes those investigations needed to better understand and manage distressing clinical complications.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e86150c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e86150c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-923b951\" data-id=\"923b951\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a1efee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a1efee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Reference<\/u><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">World Health Organization 2018. \u2018Cancer\u2019, viewed 25 April 2018, &lt;http:\/\/www.who.int\/cancer\/palliative\/definition\/en\/&gt;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principles of Palliative Care Palliative care: provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms; affirms life and regards dying as a normal process; intends neither to hasten or postpone death; integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care; offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death; offers a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/bdpallcare.com\/new\/principles-of-palliative-care\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Principles of Palliative Care<\/span> Read More 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