Palliative care includes the care and treatment of people with incurable and life-threatening diseases. The focus is no longer on curing the disease, but on alleviating the symptoms and ensuring a quality of life appropriate to the situation until death.

Doctors specialising in palliative medicine (palliative care) have acquired in-depth knowledge and skills in the medical care of seriously ill people. The prerequisite for acquiring this interdisciplinary continuing education title is a federally recognised specialist title.

Palliative care includes the care and treatment of people with incurable and life-threatening diseases. The focus is no longer on curing the disease, but on alleviating the symptoms and ensuring a quality of life appropriate to the situation until death.

The self-determination of patients, the preservation of dignity and the acceptance of illness, dying and death as components of life are basic attitudes that are particularly observed in palliative care.

Palliative care physicians recognise and respect the needs of people with terminal illnesses and accompany them and their relatives on this journey. They alleviate physical ailments such as pain or shortness of breath and assist their patients in coping with emotional distress such as fear and grief. They work closely with professionals from other disciplines, such as psychology and pastoral care.

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