Palliative treatment

Palliative care is comprehensive care for a patient who is in an advanced or terminal stage of cancer. This is care that actively focuses on the patient's quality of life, as the disease has progressed to a stage where it is not within our ability to cure the patient. The goal of palliative care is to slow down or stop the progression of the disease and alleviate the patient's health problems. Quality of life is a crucial factor in palliative care. If we administer chemotherapy, then usually on an outpatient basis and usually in doses that do not lead to severe health complications. The use of oral chemotherapy in the form of tablets at home is one of the most suitable treatments in palliative care.

Part of palliative care is the so-called terminal care, for patients in the final stage of cancer. The goal of terminal care is to alleviate pain and other physical and mental distress and to maintain the dignity of the dying patient. Terminal care also includes support for a close patient in difficult times.

Interviews with the attending physician and psychologist of our clinic help close patients at the appropriate time to consider the last moments of the dying person and evaluate his wishes and ideas - dying in home care? In hospital?

The parents of a dying child can seek support among the mothers of children who have previously succumbed to their illness at our workplace. Contact to the surviving mothers is mediated by the parents' association Haima CZ.