Palliative Care in Surgical Oncology

This issue of the Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America focuses on Palliative Care in Surgical Oncology. The World Health Organization defines palliative care as “an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual.”1 Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and that of their families who are facing challenges associated with life-threatening illness, whether physical, psychological, social, or spiritual.
Source: Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research