What is Palliative Care?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines Palliative Care as:
“Active total care of the patients where disease is not responsive to curative treatments.” WHO
Palliative Care Australia (PCA) is the national peak body established by the collective membership of eight state and territory palliative care organisations, plus the Australia and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine.
PCA defines hospice and palliative care to mean:definition
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