**4. Conclusion**

The primary objective of palliative care is to improve the QoL of the patients facing life threatening illness by means of a multidisciplinary approach. The process of QoL assessment identifies the patient's overall conditions including psycho-social, spiritual issues as well as the evaluation of the services provided to him. So the ideal assessment tool the measurement of QoL in patients under palliative care should be patient centered and contain both subjective and objective domains and be able to correlate with the definition of QoL. It is evident that early integration of palliative care improves the QoL of patients with terminally ill condition and Early adaptation of palliative care is advisable for the management of patients with chronic conditions such as cancer.

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