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Health care when dying
Health care that helps when you are dying is called palliative care.
It can help people feel less pain and less sick.
It can help people feel less sad.
People have the right to make choices when they are dying.
People have the right to support to make choices.
Health care workers should give people information and support.
This is called supported decision making.
Health care that helps at the end of life is called Palliative or palliative care is the medical care and support that helps people live as comfortably as possible when they have a serious illness.
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Palliative or palliative care is the medical care and support that helps people live as comfortably as possible when they have a serious illness.
This care doesn't make life longer but it can help people feel less:
- pain
- sickness
- worry and sadness.
It is important that people's rights are respected when they need to get palliative care. This includes the right to get support make choices.
Health care workers should listen to what the person wants and try to:
- meet their needs
- respect their decisions
- give them the support and information they need to choose.
This approach is called supported decision making.