Hospice and Palliative Care

Hospice and palliative care focus on providing comfort and support to individuals with serious illnesses, emphasizing quality of life rather than curative treatment. These approaches prioritize the patient's needs, preferences, and dignity, ensuring they receive compassionate care tailored to their situation. Ethically, this means respecting patients' autonomy and choices, addressing their physical, emotional, and spiritual concerns, and involving families in the decision-making process. Ultimately, hospice and palliative care aim to ease suffering, promote dignity, and support both patients and their loved ones during difficult times.