Palliative Care: Understanding and Responsibility

Abstract

Palliative care is in the ascendant, but the clinical understanding of it is still shallow and may have significant biases. This article introduces the origin of palliative care and explains its connotation and importance, in order to deepen the understanding of medical workers on palliative care and promote the implementation of relevant concepts in clinical practice.

Keywords

• palliative care
• connotation
• medical humanities
• ultimate care