What is Division of Palliative Care Center？
Palliative care extends beyond cancer, encompassing hard-to-treat conditions like organ failure and neurological disorders, focusing on alleviating symptoms and supporting personalized lifestyles. This multidisciplinary approach involves doctors, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and others, aiming to alleviate patients' and their families' physical and mental distress. This includes pain management, psychological support, and enhancing the quality of life (QOL), tailored to the unique needs of each patient. Palliative care serves both cancer and non-cancer patients, emphasizing life values and future treatment plans. The palliative care team works across various medical fields, cooperating irrespective of the patient’s condition.
