Palliative care defined

The term palliative care was used initially to define the provision of symptom relief for patients who were no longer considered to be candidates for cure or remission. Today, the need for palliative care throughout the course of life-threatening disease, including patients for whom cure will be achieved, is becoming more widely accepted. Palliative medicine is a recognized medical specialty in the United Kingdom and several other countries. In 1997,... 

Disability has often been defined as a physical, mental, or psychological condition that limits a persons activities. In the medical model of disability, the emphasis is on an impairment caused by a medical condition thus policy responses tended to emphasize health care, and when that failed to reestablish functioning, palliative social assistance or social care. The social model, which has recently come to dominate disability research and policy discourse, emphasizes peoples ability to function in their particular physical and social environment. Disability therefore arises when barriers prevent people with functional limitations caused by age, disease, injury, or other causes from participating fully in society. This approach leads to a wider range of policy options, especially with respect to accessibility to transportation, buildings, education, and employment. The World Health... 

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