Palliative care of GI issues at the end of life

TY - CHAP

T1 - Palliative care of GI issues at the end of life

AU - Heath, John M.

AU - Poplin, Elizabeth

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012.

PY - 2012/1/1

Y1 - 2012/1/1

N2 - The terminal phase of many chronic GI conditions in the elderly requires careful attention to symptom management. Palliative care provides both a framework, centered on function, and techniques to address common issues such as anorexia, constipation, and intestinal obstruction. Such interventions are not necessarily focused solely on survival but rather on patient well-being during end-of-life care. In this respect, palliative care shares many goals of care with hospice, though unlike hospice, palliative care can be appropriate throughout the course of an illness.

AB - The terminal phase of many chronic GI conditions in the elderly requires careful attention to symptom management. Palliative care provides both a framework, centered on function, and techniques to address common issues such as anorexia, constipation, and intestinal obstruction. Such interventions are not necessarily focused solely on survival but rather on patient well-being during end-of-life care. In this respect, palliative care shares many goals of care with hospice, though unlike hospice, palliative care can be appropriate throughout the course of an illness.

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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4419-1623-5_64

DO - 10.1007/978-1-4419-1623-5_64

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9781441916228

SP - 599

EP - 604

BT - Geriatric Gastroenterology

PB - Springer New York

ER -