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Palliative Medicine Lab
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A lab that researches and teaches how to relieve the suffering of patients with serious illness and their families.
AboutAbout the lab
Easing the suffering of patients and families, and supporting quality of life.
The lab works in a field that aims to relieve the suffering of patients with serious illness and their families, and to improve their quality of life.
Its scope is not limited to cancer. It covers everyone with any serious illness, such as heart failure, respiratory failure, or kidney failure, and their families.
The specialties of palliative care are relieving psychological and physical symptoms of suffering, and communicating with patients with serious illness and their families.
The lab focuses on reflecting the results of clinical research in the care of the patients and families in front of them, and on training palliative care specialists.
Key terms
- Palliative care
- A field of medicine that aims to improve the quality of life of patients with serious illness and their families by preventing and relieving suffering.
- Quality of life
- A concept for looking at whether a person can live a fulfilling life in their own way, even with illness. Often abbreviated as QOL.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts clinical research to further improve the quality of treatment and care for the suffering of patients with serious illness and their families, as well as communication with them. It aims to reflect the results in the care of the patients and families in front of them.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Palliative Medicine Lab are physicians, nurses, and researchers.
- ProfessorYoshiyuki Kizawa
- Associate ProfessorJun Hamano
- LecturerTakahiro Higashibata
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Elderly woman sitting in an armchair and holding her glasses while typing on a laptop. ( )” Nenad Stojkovic / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Relief of suffering and communication: “Palliative medicine family conference room” Ashashyou / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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