Abstract
Palliative care aims to cloak the patient’s symptoms and provide comfort even when treatments aimed at cure are no longer possible. It begins when illness or the life limiting condition is diagnosed, and continues regardless of whether or not a child receives treatment directed at the disease. A number of scales designed to improve recognition of the need for palliative care eg. Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS), Paediatric Palliative Screening Scale (PaPaS Scale) etc. Based on these palliative care need is assessed and further care is provided.
The aim of this study was to assess the need of palliative care in children with severe cerebral palsy.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Gaurav Sharma
IGMC Shimla 171001, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i8.66
