Schlick Cary Jo R, Bentrem David J
Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Surgery Service, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
J Surg Oncol. 2019 Jul;120(1):30-34. doi: 10.1002/jso.25499. Epub 2019 May 18.
Palliative care, unlike hospice, can be utilized concurrently with disease-modifying or curative therapies. Some of the benefits of palliative care include improved quality of life, less end-of-life treatment, and decreased medical costs. Furthermore, palliative care can help guide treatment decisions to be in line with patients' physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. On the basis of these benefits, we advocate for palliative care involvement early in the course of advanced malignancy and other terminal diagnoses.
与临终关怀不同，姑息治疗可以与改善病情或治愈性疗法同时使用。姑息治疗的一些益处包括提高生活质量、减少临终治疗以及降低医疗成本。此外，姑息治疗有助于指导治疗决策，使其符合患者的身体、心理和精神需求。基于这些益处，我们主张在晚期恶性肿瘤和其他终末期诊断过程的早期就让姑息治疗介入。
