A palliative care approach includes preventing, screening for and relieving pain and distress associated with the challenges of living with a life-threatening illness. This approach can be applied to ...

Across the world, there is an urgent demand for palliative care as the global population ages and the burden of noncommunicable diseases continues to increase. At present, only 10% of the people who ...

Only 10 percent of people who need palliative care actually get it worldwide, according to a new atlas from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance. Of these ...

If you have cancer, you might benefit from palliative care — a type of treatment that focuses on improving quality of life. This type of supportive care is considered a whole-body approach. It ...

Comparative effectiveness of 2 possible palliative care (PC) models for patients with end-stage liver disease in improving quality of life (QoL) from baseline to 4 months as assessed using the ...

Australia has a growing and ageing population, with palliative care services around the country busier than ever. It's provided almost anywhere that health care is available, including neo-natal units ...

Research now offers compelling evidence that establishing standardized criteria for calling a palliative care consultation improves the quality of care for patients hospitalized with advanced cancer.

Retired British physician Robert Twycross’s contribution to palliative care and its recognition as an accepted field of modern medicine have been tremendous. As head of the World Health Organisation ...

Discussing care for an illness that cannot be cured can be difficult for patients and their families, but at McLaren Greater Lansing, palliative care can make that process easier, and help guide ...

I'm receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, and my doctor has suggested I see a palliative care specialist. Does this mean my prognosis isn't good? Not necessarily. Palliative care is for ...