2015_01_15_ENF_cuidados_paliativos

"Modern palliative care combines science and humanity," says María Arantzamendi, professor at the School Nursing Department and researcher at the Institute for Culture and Societyin her article graduate "The most humane care", recently published by the magazine Nuestro Tiempo.

In the text she makes a historical accredited specialization to the origin of palliative care and describes what is the current state of this field in Spain, where there are 375 Palliative Care services. In addition, based on the May 2014 declaration of the World Health Organization, in which it requested all countries to include palliativeattendance as an essential component of health systems, Professor Arantzamendi claims the value of this care, care based on accompaniment, understanding and listening to the terminally ill patient and his family:"Being with and for the patient is highly valued and, moreover, it is one of the interventions that can most relieve and help the sick".

• The complete article is available in Nuestro Tiempo