Palliative care is specialised care and support provided for someone living with a terminal illness. Palliative care also involves care and support for family members and caregivers. Palliative care is provided in a sensitive way, taking into account individual and family uniqueness, cultural and spiritual beliefs and lifestyle patterns.

Palliative care:

• Affirms life and regards dying as a normal process
• Neither hastens nor postpones death
• Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
• Integrates the psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects of patient care
• Offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death
• Offers a support system to help family and friends cope during the patient’s illness and their bereavement.

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