We propose the creation of a national strategy for palliative care led by the federal government and supported by payers and regulators. The strategy would include defined structures and processes ...

For older heart patients, palliative care addresses physical symptoms such as pain, breathlessness and fatigue, while also offering emotional and spiritual support.

Palliative care may help relieve symptoms and improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease and ensure that treatment is aligned with the patient's personal beliefs and values ...

Palliative care may help relieve symptoms and improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease and ensure that treatment is aligned with the patient's personal beliefs and values ...

An Invited Commentary published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open highlights vital new consensus on when to refer dementia patients to specialist palliative care. The commentary, authored by Laura J.

Berlin prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged a local palliative care doctor with the murder of 15 patients, saying that in some cases he had set fire to victims' apartments to cover his tracks.

That’s where palliative care comes in. Contrary to popular myth, palliative care isn’t about “giving up” and it isn’t just for end of life. It’s about improving a patient’s comfort ...

Patients and their families can benefit from advanced symptom management, psychosocial support, and referrals to hospice care from their PPC care team. The timely and standardized introduction of ...

A default palliative care referral intervention increased palliative care consultations by more than fivefold and decreased end-of-life systemic therapy by more than half among patients with ...

Palliative care has an image problem. Despite what people think, it's not some kind of "Grim Reaper service," say two of Canada's leading experts in this field of medicine. Ideally, it should ...

Only a quarter of patients received any palliative care. When such care did come, it usually was provided in the month they died, results show. “Even though clinicians and professional ...