Palliative care: challenges and opportunities

Authors

  • Geidy Natalia Paz-Pitto Instituto Oncológico Ospedale SAS. Popayán, Colombia/Grupo de Investigación Integral en Cancer GIIC. Instituto Oncológico Ospedale. Popayan, Colombia.
  • Claudia Milena Pitto Instituto Oncológico Ospedale SAS. Popayán, Colombia/Grupo de Investigación Integral en Cancer GIIC. Instituto Oncológico Ospedale. Popayan, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4861-6544
  • Patricia Pérez Instituto Oncológico Ospedale SAS. Popayán, Colombia/Grupo de Investigación Integral en Cancer GIIC. Instituto Oncológico Ospedale. Popayan, Colombia.
  • Herney Andrés García-Perdomo Universidad del Valle, Unidad de Urología/Urooncología. Departamento de Cirugía. Escuela de Medicina, Cali, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6945-8261

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48193/0cm71j66

Keywords:

palliative care, oncology services, cancer

Abstract

Palliative care (PC) is based on a multidisciplinary approach to the patient and their family to prevent and alleviate suffering by promoting and maintaining an optimal life in the process of the oncological disease. The present review will allow us to understand the current state of palliative services, identify the professional team that provides support to the patient and the family, specify the moment in which the PC is required, the public policies that intervene and a flowchart of care for the oncological patient, and in turn describe some challenges and opportunities immersed in the process.

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2024-07-03

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Vol. 84 No. 3 (2024): May-June

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