Role of Multidisciplinary Teams in Providing Palliative Care: A Case Study

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ............................................................................................................................3
Delivery of comprehensive care............................................................................................3
Strategies for families and carers ..........................................................................................4
Providing coordinated and integrated palliative care............................................................6
CONCLUSION .........................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Even though the amenities and modern medical progress that has been made by
Science is nothing short of a miracle, there are still many serious diseases that afflict millions
daily where cure might be available but not without devastating consequences. The field of
medical care has also taken quite a stellar leap as many different types and methods to engage
with patients have emerged over the last few years. Since the exposure to critical and chronic
diseases has increased drastically, the field of palliative care has emerged as a major field of
helping patients as it is related to providing pain, stress and symptom related relief to such
patients (Arias-Casais and et.al., 2019). This report will highlight the role of
multidisciplinary teams in providing palliative care in a holistic manner in which the patient’s
wish and comfort are taken into consideration with priority and they are subjected to a
Medicare plan which helps them recover from symptoms ruining their life in the most
efficient way possible.
MAIN BODY
Delivery of comprehensive care
One of the most major aspects of palliative care which separates it from other more
commonly seen forms of patient engagement and treatment options is that instead of focusing
on the symptoms and diagnosis of patients, it takes into account their situation and wishes
instead. According to the case study presented in this report, Jagger wishes to return home
but at the same time he is worried about the toll his advanced cancer has been taking on his
wife’s mental health and does not want to burden her which is why he admitted to getting
shifted to the hospital in the first place. The multidisciplinary team which is in charge of
providing him with palliative healthcare should develop an effective plan where each
personnel comprising in his palliative care ensures his safe discharge from the hospital ward
to provide him world class treatment at home without burdening his wife. This
aforementioned plan will be developed by the multidisciplinary team after thorough
discussion and proper standards of collaboration among different members of the team. The
first major step which must be taken by team responsible for the palliative care is to honour
the wishes of the patient and take him home (Lancet, 2020). This task will be managed by
the specialist doctors such as oncologists, general practitioners along with trained nurses as
stage 4 colon cancer is a critical disease which has a 5 year relative survival rate of about
14%. By properly consulting with the patient regarding his choice of future treatment and