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Hospital-based palliative care: A case for integrating care with cureThe reason that probably prompted Dame Cicely Saunders to launch the palliative care movement was the need to move away from the impersonal, technocratic approach to death that had become the norm in hospitals after the Second World War. Palliative care focuses on relieving the suffering of patients and families. Not limited to just management of pain, it includes comprehensive management of any symptom, which affects the quality of life. Care is optimized through early initiation and comprehensive implementation throughout the disease trajectory. Effective palliative care at the outset can help accelerate a positive clinical outcome. At the end of life, it can enhance the opportunity for the patient and family to achieve a sense of growth, resolve differences, and find a comfortable closure. It helps to reduce the suffering and fear associated with dying and prepares the family for bereavement.
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Pain in Children: Neglected, unaddressed and mismanagedPain is one of the most misunderstood, under diagnosed, and under treated/untreated medical problems, particularly in children. One of the most challenging roles of medical providers serving children is to appropriately assess and treat their pain. New JCAHO regulations regard pain as "the fifth vital sign" and require caregivers to regularly assess and address pain. Pain being a personal experience, many different terms are used to describe different sensations. Assessment of pain in children is linked to their level of development. Children of the same age vary widely in their perception and tolerance of pain.
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Total pain managementWe CanSupport provide holistic care to the patients and family. This means, physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual care. The objective of this article is to implement a plan for improved high quality care, within a dynamic and complex health care system for palliative care. Twelve years of working experience with palliative care in CanSupport ′India′ and 10 years of working palliative care aboard (USA). High level satisfaction of the patient of the patient and families due to the psycho, socio, spiritual model and help for income generation and vocational training. We suggest and encourage, to we this model for all palliative care centre and institutions