Week 4 Discussion Question

Week 4 Discussion Question

DQ 1: Pros and Cons of Hospice and Palliative care.

Advantages of Hospice and Palliative care

Hospice and palliative care is a domain of medical care that concentrates on relief and prevention of the patient's sufferings. The physicians in this area have expertise skills and knowledge in order to assess the patients with advanced illness and disease. Palliative treatment involves relieving symptoms without having a curative effect on the ongoing disease. Palliative and hospice care has greatly increased the quality of life for the patients and is highly successful in increasing the motivation of the patients (American ...