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An Ethical Argument for Integrated Palliative Care

‘In the midst of life, we are in death’ from The Book of Common Prayer The Palliative Care, or comfort care, movement in the USA is on the rise. Currently, palliative services are not integrated in an organized way throughout healthcare. If we accept the argument that palliative care is ethically de...

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Autor principal: Beider, Shay
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1142201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15937565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neh089
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description ‘In the midst of life, we are in death’ from The Book of Common Prayer The Palliative Care, or comfort care, movement in the USA is on the rise. Currently, palliative services are not integrated in an organized way throughout healthcare. If we accept the argument that palliative care is ethically desirable and that all patients are entitled to palliative services regardless of a terminal diagnosis, it follows that it needs to be integrated across a wide range of healthcare services. Ethical questions regarding palliative care and well-known ethical frameworks are discussed and an argument is made for integrating palliative healthcare services throughout the healthcare system and not simply at the end of life. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are discussed as useful and necessary components of palliative care. If we as a society look beyond separating cures and palliation, we will come closer to incorporating compassionate care throughout the disease process.
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spelling pubmed-11422012005-06-02 An Ethical Argument for Integrated Palliative Care Beider, Shay Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Commentary ‘In the midst of life, we are in death’ from The Book of Common Prayer The Palliative Care, or comfort care, movement in the USA is on the rise. Currently, palliative services are not integrated in an organized way throughout healthcare. If we accept the argument that palliative care is ethically desirable and that all patients are entitled to palliative services regardless of a terminal diagnosis, it follows that it needs to be integrated across a wide range of healthcare services. Ethical questions regarding palliative care and well-known ethical frameworks are discussed and an argument is made for integrating palliative healthcare services throughout the healthcare system and not simply at the end of life. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are discussed as useful and necessary components of palliative care. If we as a society look beyond separating cures and palliation, we will come closer to incorporating compassionate care throughout the disease process. Oxford University Press 2005-06 2005-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC1142201/ /pubmed/15937565 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neh089 Text en © The Author (2005). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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