Palliative Care | Stanford University

University:
Stanford University
Course:
PEDS 282 | Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy
Academic year:

2023
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128

Pages:

1
Author:

Pierre B

Palliative Care • • • • • • • • • Define supportive and palliative care and specialist palliative care (from NICE 2004). Describe the role and contributions of the individual members of the multidisciplinary team in palliative care. Describe the palliative care services commonly available in the UK. Discuss the various psychological responses of patients and their relatives to illness and bereavement. Discuss the aetiology of pain in patients with cancer. Discuss an approach to relieving cancer pain that takes into account diagnosis, different types of pain (e.g. nociceptive, neuropathic), range of treatments available for the different types of pain, monitoring response and psychological factors that influence pain. Demonstrate appropriate communication skills that facilitate a therapeutic relationship for both the patient and themselves. Take a pain history, including the use of a pain chart and pain scores. Apply the World Health Organisation analgesic stepladder.