Importance of Palliative Care: Support and Care for Patients with Serious Illness

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Short answer questions...........................................................................................................1
Question no. 1.........................................................................................................................1
Question no. 2.........................................................................................................................2
Question no. 3.........................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Palliative care is defined as the specialised field of medical who is assign in order to provide the
support and care to the people with the serious illness and planning for the good death. The care
and support is usually focus on the aspect which is helpful for the reduction of pain with the
aspect of pain management. The palliative care is usually focus on the providing the constant
relief form the sign and symptom which is related with the patient with incurable disease. In this
report, the major discussion is based on the palliative care and their importance which is required
by patient in order to gain support and care from the medical care (Abel, and Kellehear, 2018).
MAIN BODY
Short answer questions
Question no. 1
In the context with the Mr. Jagger who want to return home and facing the issue of serious
illness require proper attention and support which may contribute towards the good health. The
multidisciplinary team usually provide the proper support with the help to instruction and play
vital role in the development of palliative care approach for the Mr. Jagger. The multidisciplinary
team is defined as the group which is consist of healthcare professional form the various
department and they perform various of role which is related with the single aim to provide the
optimum care to patient in the all the ways which ensure the safety of the patient with the support
and care. In the current context, the various of areas which is related with the discipline of care
are turn into the multidisciplinary approach. The multidisciplinary team used to focus on the
palliative care while recognising the complexities of the patient with the proper cohesive
structure and relationship (Coop, and Marlow, 2019). The working within the palliative care as
the part of multidisciplinary team, there are various of role which is used to perform. In this, the
primary aspect which is carried with the palliative care is to focus on the patient support and care
with the proper coordination and communication with the healthcare professional while sharing
the complexities which is faced by Mr. Jagger during the service of care which is related with the
palliative care. The palliative care service is usually provided by the team of the healthcare
professional with the various range of skill which has ability to manage the patient life limiting
illness by providing proper support through the medication and management which extend the
life period of patient.
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