Humanistic Medicine, a Forgotten Concept? The Correct Approach in Palliative Care of Chronic Patients-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Humanistic Medicine, a Forgotten Concept? The Correct Approach in Palliative Care of Chronic Patients

Published:2016-12-01 Issue:3 Volume:1 Page:300-302
ISSN:2501-8132
Container-title:Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Albu Sorin¹,Voidăzan Septimiu²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania

2. Department of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania

Abstract

Abstract Palliative care in Romania is a relatively new emerging field. Challenges of this specialty, its uniqueness and the several problems posed by a particular category of patients, the chronically ill patients, make this medical specialty a particularly complex one in certain situations, requiring a multidisciplinary team well-prepared in terms of theory and practice. Unlike in the case of most medical specialties, particular emphasis is laid on the “human” side of medical care, this specialty introducing the concept of “total pain”.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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