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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 111--116 |
Hospice: Rehabilitation in reverse
Senthilkumar Jeyaraman1, Ganesan Kathiresan1, Kavitha Gopalsamy2
1 School of Therapeutic Sciences, Masterskill University College of Health sciences, Malaysia
2 Clinical Physiotherapist, Malaysia
Correspondence Address:
Senthilkumar Jeyaraman
School of Therapeutic Sciences, Masterskill University College of Health sciences
Malaysia
Hospice care is about quality of life at a time when a person has an illness for which curative measures are no longer possible, and for which a physician has determined the patient has a life expectancy of about six months or less, a hospice program can support the process of death and dying in a compassionate way. A growing trend is to utilize physical therapy more frequently in hospice. Physical therapy has several vital roles in hospice care as follows: maximizing functional ability and comfort to enhance quality of life; assuring patient and care giver safety; helping people redesign their lives and life goals; providing support around physical, emotional and spiritual issues at the end of life. The purpose of this review is to provide 1) a description of hospice care, 2) an explanation of the roles of physical therapists in hospice care.
How to cite this article:
Jeyaraman S, Kathiresan G, Gopalsamy K. Hospice: Rehabilitation in reverse.Indian J Palliat Care 2010;16:111-116
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Jeyaraman S, Kathiresan G, Gopalsamy K. Hospice: Rehabilitation in reverse. Indian J Palliat Care [serial online] 2010 [cited 2021 Feb 28 ];16:111-116
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