Articles of category "Palliative care (PC)"

Those who need palliative care are often in the end stages of cancer, but could also be suffering from some other terminal illness from which they are not expected to recover. Palliative care is not only gentle, informed end-of-life care designed to make the patient comfortable but also meant to educate and prepare the family and patient for death in a comforting manner and to see them through. Care provided might be something as simple as helping the patient with meals or by doing their shopping, or be full time care, especially in the days closest to death.

Men like to see themselves as problem solvers. When a man presents his family with a problem, he tends to fee that he has "let his family down". During palliative care, friends and family must work to help the prostate cancer patient banish any thought that he has somehow "failed" his family. The following article offers loved ones information that could prove useful as they set out calm the anxieties of the prostate cancer patient.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths amongst men in the United States. While many cases of prostate cancer are caught early through preventative screening and are able to be effectively treated, some cases quickly become what is considered advanced prostate cancer. In the advanced stages of prostate cancer, the goal is often to provide comfort and as much quality of life, through palliative care, as possible.