RT Book, Section A1 Javier, Noelle MC A1 Montagnini, Marcos A2 Mitra, Raj SR Print(0) ID 1182783858 T1 Management of the Palliative Care Patient T2 Principles of Rehabilitation Medicine YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071793339 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182783858 RD 2024/03/28 AB The model of palliative care was initially conceived of and developed in response to the needs of the cancer patient. Over time, the definition has evolved. It can be applied to any stage of illness from acute to chronic and its terminal phase.1 Therefore, the principles of palliative care can and should be applied early on throughout the continuum of patient care, including life-extending and curative treatments. Dr. Balfour Mount coined the term palliative care from the Latin word pallium, which referred to an outer garment that cloaked a person or object. The Latin derivation suggests that palliative care can effectively “cloak” the symptoms of serious illness.