Journal of Pain Management & Medicine

Faculdade de Medicina Porto University, Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal

Publications

• Mini Review   
  The Need to Integrate Palliative Care in Undergraduate Medical Training: A Reflection in Developing Countries
  Author(s): Emilia John*, Carnel John, William Kerti and Feruie Thomson
  
  Palliative Care (PC) needs have been increasing in low- and middle-income countries. The prevalence of infectious diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) and the emergence of cancer disease raises challenges in the structuring of education and training policies in the approach of content in PC, thus avoiding the suffering and therapeutic futility of patients and families. Any future practice by health professionals is based on their knowledge during undergraduate training and continuous training throughout their career. The provision of health care, particularly palliative ones, involves, among other aspects, the diagnosis, the disclosure of bad news, the therapeutic approach and discussion and its limitation and/or when limiting it, and the involvement of the patient and family in taking care of decision, the multi, and interprofess.. View more»
  

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