Palliative care:

• Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
• Affirms life and regards dying as a normal process
• Intends to neither hasten nor postpone death
• Integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care
• Offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death.

I was given this great insight into palliative care in a workshop recently – thank you Therese S!