16.03.2014
WHO Definition : Palliative care - a comprehensive approach , which aims - to maximize the quality of life of patients with incurable ( fatal ) condition and his family , through the prevention and relief of suffering through early detection and accurate diagnosis ( assessment) problems encountered , and an adequate therapeutic measures (with pain syndrome and other disorders of life) , and providing psychosocial and moral support.
According to current international approaches and concepts , palliative medicine should be an essential , integral part of health care and social care . WHO Declaration (1990 ) and the Barcelona Declaration (1996) calls on all nations of the world to incorporate palliative care into the structure of the national system of public health services .
