According to research, doctors often overestimate a terminally sick patient's chance of life by about 5.3 times. Only 20 percent of the time do their prophecies come true.
Fremont, CA: Fighting a chronic, life-limiting illness causes excruciating agony, misery, and stress on both a physical and emotional level. Palliative care can offer patients some relief even if there is no permanent treatment option for their illness. In addition, reducing pain and controlling unwelcome symptoms can significantly improve the standard of end-of-life care.
Despite the advantages, the majority of patients either never get palliative care or do so only when their sickness has reached its last stage. It goes without saying that discussing end-of-life care and allowing patients and their carers to make decisions about it are simple tasks.
The Challenges in Extending Palliative Care
The timing, not the level of attention, is what is most to blame. Inaccurate care scheduling contributes to the poor results of palliative care. Given how difficult it is to predict how long a terminally sick patient will survive, this is an especially frustrating situation.
According to research, doctors often overestimate a terminally sick patient's chance of life by about 5.3 times. Only 20 percent of the time do their prophecies come true.
