• The World Health Organization describes palliative care as "an approach that improves
the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-
threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early
identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems,
physical, psychosocial and spiritual.“
• Statement from the World Health Organization’s website is at The World Health
Organization leads the world alliance for health for all. A specialized agency of the
United Nations with 191 Member Sates, WHO promotes technical cooperation for health
among nations, carries out programmes to control and eradicate disease, and strives to
improve the quality of human life.
POLA DASAR PELAYANAN PALIATIF CARE