This weekend marks a special event for Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care. The agency’s annual Service of Remembrance and Memorial Butterfly Release will take place on Saturday. “In many cultures, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chennai: Jus' Onco, a cancer care centre in Kodambakkam launched the Jus' Onco Palliative Care Trust to offer free home-based palliative care for cancer patients. The service is for patients in ...

Ongoing shortages of opioid medicines are impacting palliative care patients, with some unable to access medications that typically relieve pain, distress and discomfort. Some people have ended up ...

This international endorsement reaffirms the commitment of the Association of Palliative Care Centres (APCC) to deliver world-class palliative care. As the only internationally accredited ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly 74 million people are in need of palliative care, but there are major gaps in access, a new study suggests. It’s one of the only universal facts of life: everybody dies. That’s where ...