Nasreen Sulaiman Lalani, Anil Kakunje.
Meeting the social, emotional and psychological needs of patients in a palliative care setting.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;8(1):39-40.

In the early 1980s, the primary focus of palliative care was to provide pain and symptom relief. However, later the scope of palliative care was extended towards a more holistic approach of care with a major emphasis on improving the quality of life of the patients and their families1. The health care professionals recognized that while providing pain and symptom relief measures, the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient should also be given prime importance. Pakistan is a developing country where the major focus of health remains towards curative and preventive aspects of care and a very minimal attention has been given to the palliative care services.

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