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Palliative Care and Stroke

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There have been significant advances in the prevention and management of stroke over the last few decades. Despite these important developments, stroke, both in the acute and chronic phases, remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The value of integrating palliative care principles and practices into stroke care management is being increasingly recognized across a range of domains including symptom management, assistance with complex decision-making, discharge planning, and end-of-life care. This chapter will explore the logistics, benefits, complexities, and challenges associated with the evolving relationship between stroke and palliative care services.

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  1. Department of Palliative Care, Barwon Health, North Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Peter Eastman

  2. Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital/Melbourne Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia

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  1. School of Medicine,Palliative Care, HammondCare, The University of Sydney School of Medicine, Sydney, Australia

    Roderick Duncan MacLeod

  2. VUB-UGhent End-of-Life Care Research Group, Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care and Department of Clinical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

    Lieve Van den Block

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Eastman, P., Le, B. (2019). Palliative Care and Stroke. In: MacLeod, R., Van den Block, L. (eds) Textbook of Palliative Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77740-5_59

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