Making decisions to nutritional support in palliative care setting can be challenging. A
multidisciplinary team approach is vital to deliver patient-centred care. The patient or their …

… who provide comfort to palliative care patients in an … comfort to palliative care patients in an
acute setting: time needed to provide comfort, emotional cost to the nurse in providing comfort…

… palliative medicine clinic of National Cancer Centre, Singapore, from May 2011 to July 2011.
Both palliative care patients … We defined “palliative care” patients as patients who had been …

… comfort and to maintain an optimal quality of life for patients and their families under palliative
care [3… Concluding that enteral feeding by NG tube in palliative care was safe, inexpensive, …

… Tube feeding often requires use of restraints that decreases an individual's dignity and comfort.
… for health care professionals to increase the use of palliative care in advanced dementia. …

Palliative care and hospice for animals is a new phenomenon. Palliative care originated in …
the veterinary health care team expand their practices to include palliative care and hospice …

… I’m fortunate to have very good relationships with most of the doctors, and will just straight-up
tell them I think the patient has hit a crossroads of tube-feeding versus palliative swallow. …

… palliative care look like?’ by examining the factors important in the provision of such care. …
considered: cuddling, warmth, feeds, nappy care, and skin-to-skin contact with a parent. …

Palliative treatment is defined as treatment that is designed to ease the symptoms of a
disease rather than attempting to cure it. 1 The term “palliative care” refers to both a care …

… Mrs S.’s daughter returns to update you on the family’s decision regarding feeding. Given
Mrs S.’s love of food, the family has decided to feed her orally for comfort. She and her brother …