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BIOETYKA / ETYKA MEDYCZNA - Przeglądy aktów prawnychCancer control: Knowledge into action. Palliative care – WHO guide for effective programs 2007 | |||
Punkty kluczowe (s. 2)Effective palliative care services are integrated into the existing health system at all levels of care, especially community and home-based care. They involve the public and the private sector and are adapted to the specific cultural, social and economic setting. Definicja opieki paliatywnej wg WHO (s. 3)Palliative care (WHO, 2002a) is 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. Palliative care:
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