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The author has highlighted the importance of constipation and its management in palliative care
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Palliative Care Introduction In this assignment the author will endeavour to critically analyse the management of constipation in a hospice on a patient with cancer of the breast, receiving palliative care. The rationale for the choice of topic, clinical setting; patient profile; implications for nursing practice; recommendations for practice and a conclusion will be provided. Palliative care is comprehensive, multidisciplinary care of patients and families facing a terminal illness focusing primarily on support and comfort (Billings 1998). The key aspects of Palliative care include symptom control; psychosocial and spiritual care; personalised management plan that maximises patient-determined quality of life (Billings 2000).Compared with conventional care, palliative care seems to improve patient and family satisfaction of their needs while reducing overall costs though decreased use of acute hospital care (Hearn and Higginson 1998). Cancer is a universal disease which can develop in any tissue of the body (Morgan 2001). Cancer cells are...
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