Symptom management
Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines
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)
Information on anticipatory prescribing can be found in the Anticipatory prescribing section.
Information can also be found for the following sections: