TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Palliative Care A1 - Aberger, Kate A2 - Cydulka, Rita K. A2 - Fitch, Michael T. A2 - Joing, Scott A. A2 - Wang, Vincent J. A2 - Cline, David M. A2 - Ma, O. John PY - 2017 T2 - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 8e AB - The goal of palliative care is to relieve suffering of patients and families who live with serious illness. It is imperative to ascertain goals of care while concurrently stabilizing or temporizing the patient clinically and treating symptoms. We need to then compassionately communicate diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment alternatives and guide the formulation of a therapeutic plan. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1143145256 ER -