CNN Central News & Network-ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Emphasis is being placed on improving health services to ensure better care for patients battling serious and life-threatening illnesses. Experts believe that in treating such patients, focusing only on the disease is not enough; it is also essential to control pain, breathing difficulties, mental stress and other symptoms.
Palliative care plays an important role for patients suffering from serious illnesses. Its purpose is to reduce patients’ pain and other difficulties while improving the quality of life of both patients and their families. According to the World Health Organization, palliative care helps reduce the physical, mental, social and emotional suffering associated with serious illness.
Experts say planning treatment according to a patient’s needs, providing the family with accurate information and including the patient’s preferences in decisions related to treatment are key parts of better health care. Such care provides additional support to patients during the difficult phase of illness.
Including palliative care at an early stage in the health system can also help reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and the additional use of health services.
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