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Palliative Care 2016
September 29-30, 2016
Volume 6 Issue 5(Suppl) J Palliat Care Med
ISSN: 2165-7386 JPCM, an open access journal
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September 29-30, 2016 Toronto, Canada
2nd Global Congress onHospice & Palliative Care
Lilly EJ et al., J Palliat Care Med 2016, 6:5(Suppl)
PALLIATIVE CARE IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: THE CASE FOR
EARLY INTEGRATION
Lilly EJ a,b and Senderovich H a,b,c
aWestern University, Canada
bUniversity of Toronto, Canada
cBaycrest Health Sciences System, Canada
C hronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the only major worldwide cause of mortality increasing in prevalence.
Furthermore, COPD is currently incurable, with oxygen being the only therapy shown to have a mortality benefit.
Compared to patients with cancer, patients with COPD experience similar levels of pain, breathlessness, fatigue, depression,
anxiety, and have a worse quality of life, but have comparatively little access to palliative care. When these patients do receive
palliative care, they tend to be referred later than do patients with cancer. Many disease-, patient-, and provider-related factors
contribute to this phenomenon, including COPD’s unpredictable course, misperceptions of palliative care among patients and
physicians, and lack of Advance Care Planning (ACP) discussions outside of crisis situations. An integrated palliative care
approach would introduce palliative treatments alongside, rather than at the exclusion of, disease-modifying interventions.
This approach has the potential to address many of the barriers to palliative care in these patients.
Biography
Lilly is a second-year resident in the Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in London, Canada. He
has a strong interest in Palliative Care and Oncology, and hopes to pursue additional training in Palliative Care after completing his Family Medicine residency. He
has previously conducted research on the hidden curriculum in medical education, and is currently investigating the attitudes toward Palliative Care and Medical
Aid in Dying among family physicians in Southwestern Ontario. Lilly also has an interest in the role of medical humanities play in the provision of quality palliative
care, and plans to be involved in medical education after completing his post-graduate training.