Palliative care is an interdisciplinary approach to medical care that aims to optimize quality of life and reduce suffering for people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses, including advanced cancer, rather than to cure the underlying disease. The modern hospice movement that preceded it is closely associated with Dame Cicely Saunders, who founded St Christopher's Hospice in London in 1967; physician Balfour Mount coined the specific term palliative care in 1974 to describe this approach within a hospital setting. Palliative care addresses physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs and can be provided alongside curative treatment rather than only at the end of life.
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Palliative care (from Latin root palliare 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses.
Palliative Care - History section
The modern field of palliative care was established in 1974, when Balfour Mount coined the term palliative care.
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Palliative care is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses.
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Forty million people each year are expected to need palliative care, with approximately 78% of this population living in low and middle income countries.
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