Glossary
Basic palliative care training
Is the set of components integrated into the undergraduate curricula, that should lead to the student acquiring the minimum competencies that are expected of all health and social care professionals
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Available at https://pallipedia.org/basic-palliative-care-training/
Bereavement
The objective situation one faces after having lost an important person via death. It is conceptualized as the broadest of three terms (bereavement, mourning, grief) and a statement of the objective reality of a situation of loss via death.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/bereavement/
Continuing education
A continuous process of acquiring new knowledge and skills throughout one’s professional life.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/continuing-education/
Effective communication
Communication is a two-way process between two or more persons by which information and feelings are shared through an exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages.
The communication is effective when the intended message is successfully delivered, received and understood in the same manner by all parties involved.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/communication/
Essential medicines
Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population.
They are selected with due regard to disease prevalence, evidence on efficacy and safety, and comparative cost-effectiveness.
They are intended to be available in functioning health systems at all times, in adequate amounts, in the appropriate dosage forms, with assured quality and adequate information, and at a price the individual and the community can afford. These drugs are supported as safe, effective and of high quality. Efforts are focused on their correct prescription and rational use of medicines.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/essential-medicines/
Evidence based
The conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about treatment and care. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research into the decision-making process for patient care.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 13, 2018. Available at
https://pallipedia.org/evidence-base/
Holistic care
Is a form of healing that considers the whole person -- body, mind, spirit, and emotions -- in the quest for optimal wellness.
The principles of palliative care are framed around holistic care and the interdependent physical, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual aspects.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/holistic/
Place of residence
A residence is an establishment where it was originally or currently being used by a host as their main place of dwelling or home. It may more specifically refer to:
Home, a place of residence or refuge
- House (single, family house)
- Apartment
- Group home, a private residence designed to serve children or adults with chronic disabilities
- Nursing home, provides a type of residential care
Dwelling or accommodation
- Building, or structure that functions as a habitat for humans
- Lodging, a type of residential accommodation
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/place-of-residence/
Quality of Life
An individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. It is a broad ranging concept affected in a complex way by the person's physical health, psychological state, personal beliefs, social relationships and their relationship to salient features of their environment.
From World Health Organization https://www.who.int/healthinfo/survey/whoqol-qualityoflife/en/
Serious Health-related suffering
Suffering is health-related when it is associated with illness or injury of any kind. Suffering is serious when it cannot be relieved without professional intervention and when it compromises physical, social, spiritual, and/or emotional functioning.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/serious-health-related-suffering-shs/
Severe illness
Severe illness is understood as any acute or chronic illness and/or condition that causes significant impairment, and may lead to long-term impairment, disability and/or death.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/serious-illness/
Vulnerable groups
This term is applied to groups of people (children, pregnant women, elderly people, malnourished people, prisoners, migrants and refugees, people who uses drugs, and people who are ill or immunocompromised, etc.) who, due to factors usually considered outside their control, do not have the same opportunities as other, more fortunate groups in society.
The degree of vulnerability is determined by a combination of several factors including hazard awareness, the condition of human settlements and infrastructure, public policy and administration, and organized abilities in all fields of disaster management. Poverty is also one of the main causes of vulnerability in most parts of the world.
Ref: IAHPC Pallipedia. Internet. Accessed on November 7, 2018. Available at https://pallipedia.org/vulnerability/ & https://pallipedia.org/vulnerable-groups/