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Palliative Care in the ICU

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Death is an inevitable part of human life. The process of dying, however, has been an area of healthcare that has often taken a back seat compared to treatments or procedures that focus on life sustenance or cures for ailments.

Palliative care is care provided to a patient and their family with the primary purpose of relieving distress and suffering as a result of disease, illness, or injury while optimizing psychological, social, and spiritual concerns. The definitions, need, concepts, and challenges of palliative care are all discussed in the chapter below.

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Narayan, M., Kashuk, J. (2023). Palliative Care in the ICU. In: Coccolini, F., Catena, F. (eds) Textbook of Emergency General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22599-4_20

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