Pederson Jane, McKinley Deb, Shearer Janelle, Weng Karla
Stratis Health, USA.
Minn Med. 2012 Nov;95(11):42-4.
Palliative medicine involves managing symptoms, controlling pain and addressing stress caused by chronic illness. It can help keep patients out of the hospital and allow them to stay in their homes and live more comfortably with their illnesses. Most palliative care programs are found in urban areas, and both national and statewide studies have found a dearth of such services in rural communities. This article describes Stratis Health's Minnesota Rural Palliative Care Initiative, which is bringing representatives from organizations within rural communities together to learn from each other how to provide palliative care services. It also highlightsthe efforts of organizations in four communitiesthat are providing such care and discusses plans for evaluating these and other programs.
姑息医学涉及症状管理、疼痛控制以及应对慢性病引发的压力。它能帮助患者避免住院，使他们能够居家生活，并更舒适地与疾病共处。大多数姑息治疗项目都位于城市地区，全国性和全州范围的研究均发现农村社区缺乏此类服务。本文介绍了斯特拉蒂斯健康公司的明尼苏达农村姑息治疗倡议，该倡议将农村社区内各组织的代表聚集在一起，相互学习如何提供姑息治疗服务。文章还重点介绍了四个社区中提供此类护理的组织所做的努力，并讨论了评估这些项目及其他项目的计划。
