• Med. Clin. North Am. · May 2020

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    Hospice and Palliative Care: An Overview.

    • Paul E Tatum and Sarah S Mills.
    • Dell Medical School, University of Texas in Austin, 1501 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78701, USA. Electronic address: Paul.Tatum@austin.utexas.edu.
    • Med. Clin. North Am. 2020 May 1; 104 (3): 359-373.

    AbstractPalliative medicine is specialized medical care for people with serious illness. Serious illness is one with high risk of mortality that negatively affects quality of life or function or is burdensome in symptoms, treatments, or caregiver stress. Palliative care improves symptom management and addresses the needs of patients and families, resulting in improved patient and caregiver quality of life and reduced symptom burden and health care utilization. Hospice is palliative care for patients with a prognosis of 6 months or less and is appropriate when goals are to avoid hospitalization and maximize time at home for patients who are dying.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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