Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
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WHO defines palliative care as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients – adults and children – and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness. It prevents and relieves suffering through the early identification, impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, whether physical, psychosocial, or spiritual. Palliative care - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Scottish Palliative Care Guideline offers guidance for adults. If you require guidance for a child please access the Association for Paediatric Palliative Medicine Formulary: APPM Master Formulary
