Convalescence and palliative care
Convalescence following surgery
Convalescence following radiotherapy
Convalescence following chemotherapy
Convalescence following psychotherapy and other treatment for mental disorder
Convalescence following treatment of fracture
Convalescence following other treatment
Convalescence following combined treatment
Encounter for palliative care
- (HOS-pis) A program that provides special care for people who are near the end of life and for their families, either at home, in freestanding facilities, or within hospitals.
- Activities that provide physical comfort and emotional calm for those who are dying by involving/including family, friends, spiritual concerns, rituals, pain control, and physical care.
- The active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. The goal of palliative care is achievement of the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Control of pain, of other symptoms, and of psychological, social, and spiritual problems is paramount. Palliative care affirms life and regards dying as a normal process, neither hastens nor postpones death, provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms, integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care, offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death, and offers a support system to help the family cope during the patient's illness and in their own bereavement. (World Health Organization)
Unspecified convalescence
