Palliative care 2016

Total pain…?

Causes for suffering (that need palliative care) include : -Disease/therapy-mediated physical symptoms (pain, dyspnea, and fatigue…) PAIN, DYSPEA & FATIGUE

- Psychological symptoms

è feeling of uselessness (depression, anxiety, loss of a sense of purpose in living)

-More difficult to quantify and to treat are: - the existential or spiritual dimensions of suffering. - progressive loss of function - dramatic changes in social status and roles within family, in occupational domains … è overwhelming sense of despair.