Building on Individual, State, and Federal Initiatives for Advance Care Planning, an Integral Component of Palliative and End-of-Life Cancer Care Palliative medicine is now a recognized medical ...

Pallium India launches a Palliative Care Dentistry department in Thiruvananthapuram to support head and neck cancer survivors ...

A routine blood test can predict how long cancer patients in palliative care will survive, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore. "Cancer patients in palliative care want ...

Palliative care for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) helps you deal with the physical, emotional, and spiritual issues related to your cancer and its treatments. This type of care doesn't slow or ...

Deciding when to stop seeking curative measures and transition to palliative or hospice care is a deeply personal and often challenging decision. Understanding the differences between these types of ...

Access to blood transfusions emerged as the most highly valued service, with a mean standardised importance score of 20.53.

A New York law grants patients the right to request aid in dying. But do the clinicians who guide them through that decision ...

Palliative care physicians are trained to prevent and ease suffering for people who have serious illnesses or who need end-of-life care. Most health care providers focus on diagnosing and treating ...

A book that uses stories of patients, doctors and caregivers to raise awareness about inclusive approaches to medical care ...

PETALING JAYA: Death is a constant in the life of hospice nurse Nurul Nadiah Jaafar. For over 14 years in palliative care, ...

Palliative care isn’t always a part of just end-of-life care. It can be used at any point if you have incurable cancer to improve your quality of life. Some cancer treatments are curative, while ...