EDITOR,--The recent correspondence about palliative care services for cardiology fails to differentiate between the three distinct yet interacting aspects of palliative care. The palliative approach is relevant to all patients with incurable conditions. It emphasises the importance of considering psychosocial and spiritual aspects as well as the purely physical. It includes consideration of family and domestic carers. Most specialties and all general practitioners look after patients with life threatening disease; attention …
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