PALLIATIVE treatmentIt seems probable that some form of medically-assisted dying will become legal in England and Wales in the foreseeable future. Assisted dying Bills are at various stages of preparation in su
Primary health care (PHC) is essential to a person for leading sound health throughout the life. This includes physical, mental, and social well-being of all people at all times. It should cover health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care. The best way...
As a result of their generalist and patient-centered approach, long-lasting relationships with patients, and responsibility for continuity and coordination of care, family physicians are particularly well placed to manage patients with multimorbidity. However, conflicts arising from the application of ...
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Culyer notes that the "rule of rescue" argument has two important caveats: first, the strength of the argument is weakened if the additional time is of poor quality or of a worse quality than would be the case under normal palliative care, and, second, that the end-of-life argument ...