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Symptomatic treatment reduces and eliminates the symptoms of cancer. | '''Symptomatic treatment''' reduces and eliminates the symptoms of cancer. | ||
* It must be complex. | * It must be complex. | ||
* [[ | * [[Pain in oncology|Pain]] relief has a dominant importance. | ||
As the disease progresses, symptomatic treatment passes smoothly into terminal care, in which | As the disease progresses, symptomatic treatment passes smoothly into terminal care, in which also includes nursing care and mental health care (in addition to symptomatic therapy). | ||
* Ordinary inpatient departments are usually unable to provide this, which is why special asylum facilities are being set up, where a dignified dying is ensured | * Ordinary inpatient departments are usually unable to provide this, which is why special asylum facilities are being set up, where a dignified dying is ensured – '''a hospice'''. | ||
* Hospices are specialized programs that aim to provide care to the patient at a time when neither curative nor palliative therapy is possible. | * Hospices are specialized programs that aim to provide care to the patient at a time when neither curative nor palliative therapy is possible. | ||
* It allows you to live with dignity, without unnecessary suffering. | * It allows you to live the rest of life with dignity, without unnecessary suffering. | ||
* Hospices are either in separate buildings or operate in the form of home comprehensive hospice care (the patient is at home, but is cared for by a healthcare professional). | * Hospices are either in separate buildings or operate in the form of home comprehensive hospice care (the patient is at home, but is cared for by a healthcare professional). | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
=== External === | === External === | ||
*[https://www.akutne.cz/index.php?pg=vyukove-materialy--rozhodovaci-algoritmy&tid=339/End-of-life decision-making from the nurse's point of view - interactive algorithm + test] | *[https://www.akutne.cz/index.php?pg=vyukove-materialy--rozhodovaci-algoritmy&tid=339/ End-of-life decision-making from the nurse's point of view - interactive algorithm + test] | ||
=== Source === | === Source === | ||
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|cited = 25. 4. 2012 | |cited = 25. 4. 2012 | ||
|url = http://jirben2.chytrak.cz/materialy/onko_JB.doc}} | |url = http://jirben2.chytrak.cz/materialy/onko_JB.doc}} | ||
[[Category:Palliative Medicine]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:03, 30 October 2022
Symptomatic treatment reduces and eliminates the symptoms of cancer.
- It must be complex.
- Pain relief has a dominant importance.
As the disease progresses, symptomatic treatment passes smoothly into terminal care, in which also includes nursing care and mental health care (in addition to symptomatic therapy).
- Ordinary inpatient departments are usually unable to provide this, which is why special asylum facilities are being set up, where a dignified dying is ensured – a hospice.
- Hospices are specialized programs that aim to provide care to the patient at a time when neither curative nor palliative therapy is possible.
- It allows you to live the rest of life with dignity, without unnecessary suffering.
- Hospices are either in separate buildings or operate in the form of home comprehensive hospice care (the patient is at home, but is cared for by a healthcare professional).
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- BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. ©2012. [cit. 25. 4. 2012]. <http://jirben2.chytrak.cz/materialy/onko_JB.doc>.
