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These booklets were provided by the Hospice Association of the Witwatersrand

TREATING PATIENT SYMPTOMS

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Booklets
Anaemia - blood transfusion
Anxiety GAD
Breathless Patients
Children and Grief
Constipation
Depression
Diarrhoea
Fatigue
Hiccups
Improving Constipation
Insomnia
Loss of Appetite
Mouth Care
Mucositis
Nausea and Vomitting
Neuropathic Pain
Oral Thrush
Relaxation Exercises
Steroids
Swallowing

MISSION STATEMENT

To Promote quality in life, dignity in death and support in bereavement for all living with a life-threatening illness by supporting member hospices and partner organisations.

PATIENT CARE & TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis is a curable disease but sadly in South Africa it is a leading cause of death in people who are co-infected with HIV. The member organisations of the Hospice Palliative Care Association (HPCA) provide care and support to large numbers of people living with HIV and are ideally placed to make a significant contribution towards addressing the TB crisis in our country. Read more

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