Le cure palliative sono un approccio multidisciplinare che cerca di migliorare la qualità della vita (QoL) per pazienti e famiglie che affrontano i problemi associati a malattie potenzialmente letali. La rivista “Medicine” ha pubblicato il fascicolo del mese di gennaio interamente free dedicato a questo argomento.
– Palliative care: introduction
– Pain control in palliative care
– Interventional management of pain in cancer and palliative care
– Nausea and vomiting in palliative care
– Constipation and malignant bowel obstruction in palliative care
– Breathlessness in advanced disease
– Psychiatric conditions in palliative medicine
– Emergencies in palliative care
– Palliative care in non-malignant disease
– Management of less common symptoms in palliative care
– Complications of systemic anti-cancer treatment
– Care in the last hours and days of life
– Advance care-planning and clinical decision-makin
– Ethical principles in end-of-life care
