palliative care
Palliative care is the art of plastering over the quagmire of pain, liberated from the pretense of cure, with soothing words and a sprinkling of morphine. It whispers gentle lies that there is still comfort to be found to those perched on death’s brink. It subtly redirects the patient’s agony through the vortex of scientific compassion, serving as a social lubricant for the family’s guilt. A professional production designed to make the final hours appear as serene as possible. Its pharmacological miracle is pain relief; its psychological effect is the caregiver’s self-satisfaction.