Supportive Care
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Supportive Care Definition
Supportive care is that which helps the patient and their family to cope with cancer and treatment of it from pre-diagnosis, through the process of diagnosis and treatment, to cure, continuing illness or death and into bereavement. It helps the patient to maximize the benefits of treatment and to live as well as possible with the effects of the disease. Supportive therapy may provide a patient with friendship, encouragement, practical advice such as access to community resources or how to develop a more active social life, vocational counseling, suggestions for minimizing friction with family members, and, above all, hope that the life of the patient may be improved. In all situations, supportive therapy involves the teaching of such life skills as managing medication, learning to socialize, handling finances, and getting a job.Supportive Care Synonyms
Supportive Care, Supportive Therapy, Symptom Management, Therapy, Supportive, supportive careTerms in Supportive Care category
Anticachectic TherapyAnticoagulation Treatment
Anticonvulsant Therapy
Assessment of Therapy Complications
Cardiovascular Complications Management
Catheter Management
Cerebral Edema Management
Complications of Therapy Assessment
Dermatologic Complications Management
Drug Extravasation Therapy
Dyspnea Management
End-of-Life Treatment Management
Fatigue Assessment and Management
Fertility Assessment and Management
Gastrointestinal Complications Management
High Efficiency Particulate Air-Filtered Environment
Hypercalcemia Therapy
Infection Prophylaxis and Management
Menopausal Symptoms Attenuation
Musculoskeletal Complications Management
Nutritional Support
Pain Therapy
Palliative Care
Physical Therapy
Physiological Support
Pressor Support
Prosthetics Intervention
Psychosocial Assessment and Care
Pulmonary Complications Management
Quality-of-Life Assessment
Rehabilitation
Renal Complications Management
Sleep Disorders Therapy
Sperm Banking
Surgical Management
Transitional Care Planning