Palliative Care: Care and Dignity in Difficult Moments
Palliative care represents a humanized and comprehensive approach that seeks to offer quality of life, comfort, and dignity to patients with serious, chronic, or terminal illnesses.
What is Palliative Care?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), palliative care is an approach that aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families facing life-threatening illnesses. The focus is on the relief of suffering through the prevention and treatment of pain and other physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems.
Contrary to what many people think, palliative care is not limited to the final stages of life. It can and should be started as soon as a diagnosis of a serious illness is made, being offered along with curative or disease-modifying treatments.
Principles of Palliative Care
- Relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
- Affirmation of life and acceptance of death as a natural process
- Neither hasten nor postpone death
- Integration of psychological and spiritual aspects in care
- Offer a support system to help patients live actively
- Offer support to the family during the patient's illness and in bereavement
- Multiprofessional team approach
The Role of the Pain Specialist in Palliative Care
The pain specialist physician plays a fundamental role in palliative care, especially in the control of oncological pain and other chronic conditions. At Intrador, we offer:
- Specialized pain assessment
- Optimized prescription of analgesics and opioids
- Anesthetic blocks for pain control
- Neuromodulation techniques when appropriate
- Medical acupuncture for refractory symptoms
Seeking Treatment for Chronic Pain?
At Intrador, we offer humanized and specialized care in the control of chronic pain and associated symptoms.
Service hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
Clinical Review
Dr. Davi Camara
General Surgeon | CRM/PE 26195 | RQE 6947
Coordinator of the Intrador Pain Unit
Clinically Reviewed by:
Dr. Helio Widson Alves Pinheiro
Pain Medicine, Acupuncture
CRM 21167/PE | RQE 2217, 2808
This content is informative and does not replace individual medical evaluation.
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Physician specializing in Acupuncture and Pain treatment, and Technical Manager of Intrador's two units. Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in 2007, he holds a Specialist Title in Acupuncture and a Certificate in Pain, both recognized by the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB).
Note: This content is for educational and informational purposes only. The information is based on scientific evidence and the clinical practice of the Intrador team, but it does not replace individualized medical evaluation. Conduct, indications, and treatments must be defined after medical consultation.
Clinical reviewer: Dr. Helio Widson Alves Pinheiro · Pain Medicine | Acupuncture · CRM/PE 21167 | RQE 2217, 2808
Published on: January 17, 2026
Reviewed on: January 29, 2026
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