We as doctors are more engaged in dealing with acute care but we also know that we can’t cure all the diseases all the time. People are living longer after prompt management of diseases involving different systems in the body. A time comes when all known treatments fail to work for a patient. That does not mean that patient has to suffer in silence. He can always be relieved of the symptoms that are making his life difficult.
We can reduce fits in a brain tumor case, we can reduce pain in someone who has stomach cancer, one can feed a person through feeding tube if someone has throat cancer etc. Patient does not require a consult with specialist for common symptoms We all were trained to do this much to relieve suffering. We need not do CT scan or MRI scan to see how much a tumor in stomach, lung or brain has grown when patient has run out of all treatment options. We want to know what…
