Pica is the persistent eating, over a period of at least one month, of substances that are not food and do not provide nutritional value. It is rare in older patients and is usually associated with an injury, disability, mental health issue or dementia.

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Palliative care has a core and essential component in the form of multidisciplinary holistic management of the physical, spiritual, and psychosocial problems of the patients suffering from terminal and other life-limiting illnesses.

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