{"id":14504,"date":"2022-04-21t09:59:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-21t08:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/?page_id=14504"},"modified":"2022-06-07t13:51:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07t12:51:05","slug":"palliative-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/palliative-care\/","title":{"rendered":"understanding palliative care and ph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>our publication <a href=\"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/product\/palliative-care-ph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;palliative care &amp; ph&#8217;<\/a> aims to get people talking about palliative care, so that more patients and families can benefit. in this video, pulmonary hypertension consultant dr john wort shares his thoughts on this important support that is so often misunderstood\u2026.<\/p><div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"the truth about palliative care and ph\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z1g5grg274e?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>order your copy of palliative care &amp; ph <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/product\/palliative-care-ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> <\/strong><\/p><div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><p><em>\u201ci like to describe palliative care to my patients as being part of symptom control, but it\u2019s much more than that. it\u2019s much more holistic and involves looking after emotional aspects, psychological aspects, financial aspects and more. \u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>palliative care is not just for the patient; it can help with all these aspects for families, carers, and friends too. they are sharing their journey, emotions, and sometimes fears.<\/em><\/p><p><em>palliative care can happen at any stage of the patient\u2019s journey, and it should be addressed right from the beginning. for instance, if a patient is newly diagnosed, the main issues may be breathlessness, anxiety, and fear \u2013 and palliative care is really important there.<\/em><\/p><p><em>if you have questions about palliative care, don\u2019t be scared about asking them. i think having more information, like the new resource being provided by the pha uk, should give patients confidence, and empower them to have those conversations.<\/em><\/p><p><em>it\u2019s important that people aren\u2019t left with a negative feeling about palliative care, as there are so many negative connotations with it. flip it over and see it as positive, as it\u2019s about trying to help the patient live well and have a better quality of life.<\/em><\/p><p><em>it\u2019s about so much more than end-of-life care. palliative care is for the whole patient journey, and for their loved ones too. \u201c<\/em><\/p><p>&#8211;   dr john wort <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>our publication &#8216;palliative care &amp; ph&#8217; aims to get people talking about palliative care, so that more patients and families can benefit. in this video, pulmonary hypertension consultant dr john wort shares his thoughts on this important support that is so often misunderstood\u2026. order your copy of palliative care &amp; ph here \u201ci like to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14504","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14504","targethints":{"allow":["get"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14826,"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14504\/revisions\/14826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.aselpijama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}