PALLIATIVE CARE IN ONCOLOGY: THE ACTUAL PROBLEM

Talikova Ekaterina Vladimirovna, Shipilov Konstantin Eduardovich

The article discusses the current problems of palliative care for cancer patients based on its components, since it has a complex, interdisciplinary nature. All therapeutic approaches (surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, hormonal drugs and targeted treatment) are aimed at improving the patient's quality of life, increasing the effectiveness of treatment as much as possible (in particular, pain relief and stabilization of the pathological process) and prolonging the patient's life. Social, psychological and legal support is necessary for both the patient and his relatives - throughout the provision of palliative care. In addition, palliative care includes support for the patient's relatives and friends after his death. Thus, only the coordinated interaction of physicians, psychologists, social workers and lawyers can ensure the full implementation of palliative care. However, at present, due to a number of reasons, the provision of palliative care in full is practically not happening. This is due to both the imperfection of legislative support and insufficient awareness of the issue on the part of medical workers and the patients themselves. The solution to the problem can be both the expansion of public awareness in matters of palliative care, and the improvement of the material and legal base in this direction.

Keywords:palliative care, patient, social and psychological care, quality of life, survival