HOMEPalliative Medicine
Palliative medicine and care (from Latin "palliare": to cloak) is any form of medical treatment and care that concentrates on reducing the severity of disease symptoms, rather than striving to halt, delay or reverse progression of the disease itself or provide a cure.
The goal is to prevent and relieve suffering and to improve quality of life for people facing serious, complex illness. Non-hospice palliative care is not dependent on prognosis and is offered in conjunction with curative and all other appropriate forms of medical treatment. It should not be confused with hospice care which delivers palliative care to those at the end of life. (using a text of wikipedia)
Clinic:
The SLK clinic has a special palliative ward (Oncology), where Palliative Medicine and Care is undertaken.
Director: Prof. Dr. Uwe Martens, ►website
Hospice:
Nearby in Weinsberg we cooperate with the Franken-hospice. This hospice was started in the early days of the hospice movement.
Director: MD Sigmund Jakob. ► website
Advanced vocational trainings
In both institutions the medical professions as doctors and nurses are also trained in special courses.
The goal is to prevent and relieve suffering and to improve quality of life for people facing serious, complex illness. Non-hospice palliative care is not dependent on prognosis and is offered in conjunction with curative and all other appropriate forms of medical treatment. It should not be confused with hospice care which delivers palliative care to those at the end of life. (using a text of wikipedia)
Clinic:
The SLK clinic has a special palliative ward (Oncology), where Palliative Medicine and Care is undertaken.
Director: Prof. Dr. Uwe Martens, ►website
Hospice:
Nearby in Weinsberg we cooperate with the Franken-hospice. This hospice was started in the early days of the hospice movement.
Director: MD Sigmund Jakob. ► website
Advanced vocational trainings
In both institutions the medical professions as doctors and nurses are also trained in special courses.