How Palliative Care Helped Me Make an Important Decision in My Life

ABSTRACT

The author writes about her father's illness and how her knowledge of palliative care and “dying with dignity” helped her make important decisions for her father in his last days. She and her family members were able to give him the kind of care he needed and desired. He could enjoy the time he had left, and the family had the satisfaction of serving him when he needed them.

KEYWORDS:

• death with dignity
• palliative care