Palliative Care: an Interdisciplinary Approach for Patients with Life Threatening Illness  

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Witjaksono, Maria A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional - terakreditasi DIKTI
Dalam koleksi: Indonesian Journal of Cancer vol. 01 no. 01 (Jan. 2007), page 27-30.
Topik: Palliative Care

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: I12.K.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Patients with life threatening illness area characterized by multi-aspect of suffering. These various aspects of suffering area interrelated require a total comprehensive care by an interdisciplinary team. Palliative care means to address the total suffering of the patients and to maintain a rational hope when cure is absurd. Palliative care empha¬sizes the essential role of the family. Although the awareness about palliative care has been increasing, its development in Indonesia is still left behind compared to that of other Asian Countries. This paper discusses the definition of pal¬liative care, total suffering, interdisciplinary approach, integration of palliative care in cancer management & barri¬ers to Palliative Care.

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