ID-PALL: An Instrument to Help You Identify Patients in Need of Palliative Care.

Abstract

Palliative care is frequently associated with the end of life and cancer. However, other patients may need palliative care, and this need may be present earlier in the disease trajectory. It is therefore essential to identify at the right time patients who need palliative care and to distinguish between those in need of general palliative care and those for whom a referral to specialists is required. ID-PALL has been developed as an instrument to support professionals in this identification and to discuss a suitable palliative care project, in order to maintain the best quality of life for patients and their relatives. Recommendations for clinical practice are also proposed to guide professionals after the identification phase.

• Authors: Fabienne Teike Lüthi, Mathieu Bernard, Claudia Gamondi, Anne-Sylvie Ramelet, Gian Domenico Borasio
• Journal: Praxis (Praxis (Bern 1994)) Vol. 110 Issue 15 Pg. 839-844 (Nov 2021) ISSN: 1661-8157 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 34814722 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Humans
• Neoplasms
• Palliative Care
• Quality of Life