What is Palliative Care?

安宁疗护/临终关怀/缓和医疗/缓和护理

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Palliative care is a specialized care for people who are living with a serious and life-threatening illness such as stage 4 cancer,

or chronic diseases like end stage kidney failure.

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缓和疗护是提供给生活在严重危及生命疾病，

或终末期慢性疾病患者的一种专业医疗护理。

Palliative care

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• addresses the patients’ needs as a whole, and not just the disease alone.

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• focuses on improving the quality of life of patients and their families throughout this difficult journey. ​

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• is achieved through preventing or treating the symptoms and side-effects caused by their illness and its treatments, as well as other related psychological, social and spiritual problems. 

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• can be provided in the hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or at home.  

缓和疗护

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• 是从整体的观点上来应对，帮助，设法解决患者的需求，而不仅仅只是医治疾病本身而已。​​

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• 是藉着预防或医治其病症所引发出来的各种症状，医治所带来的副着用，以及其它相关的心里，社会和精神问题。​​​

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• 可以在医院，门诊，疗养院或家中提供。​​

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• 可以提供给即时正在同时接受治疗的患者。

Who 

needs

palliative care?

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􏰇􏰁􏰈􏰆􏰉􏰂􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰍􏰎􏰏􏰐􏰑​我们可以提供安宁疗护给谁呢？

People of any age who are terminally ill and approaching end of life, or who have been diagnosed with a serious illness that has little or no prospect of cure, such as: 􏰒􏰓􏰔􏰕

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没有年龄的局限。它可以提供予被诊断出患有严重疾病的患者，如：-

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• Cancer 癌症

• Kidney Failure 肾脏衰弱，不再洗肾

• Heart Failure 心脏衰弱

• Advance lungs disease 肺衰弱

• Neurodegenerative disease 神经／肌肉退化性疾病

• Motor Neurone Disease 渐冻症

• Parkinson disease 帕金森氏病

• Dementia 失智症

• Extensive stroke 严重性中风

• Traumatic brain injury 脑重创

• HIV/AIDS 末期爱滋病