A new study led by Mass General Brigham suggests that a more proactive, tech-driven approach to palliative care can ...

When most people hear the term palliative care, they look worried or confused. Introducing myself to patients and families as a palliative medicine physician, I commonly hear things like, “Does this ...

We thank El-Jawahri et al 1 for their interesting paper, which raises important issues regarding the challenges for implementation of and research on palliative care interventions among patients with ...

Palliative care, which has been gaining momentum in recent years, offers patients with life-threatening illnesses support and guidance throughout their illness, with as little suffering as possible.

In total, 258,649 decedents and 2,558,857 nondecedents needed palliative care in 2017, approximately 85% of whom were in LMICs where palliative care is rarely accessible. 4 – 7 These data indicate ...

For people living with serious and terminal illnesses, there are a number of care options available. However, there is a great deal of misunderstanding and misconceptions about what certain types of ...

Palliative care is an effective strategy to improve the quality of care and quality of life for seriously ill individuals while reducing the cost of care for these patients. Palliative care services ...

Many professionals in oncology associate palliative care with end-of-life care. While it is true that one type of palliative care, hospice, is for patients in the last months of life, palliative care ...

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 ...

Yael Schenker's research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, the National Palliative Care Research Center, PCORI, the American Cancer Society, AV Davis Foundation, and the McElhattan ...

Over 12,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in the USA alone and, despite advances in both treatment and supportive care, more than 2,000 of these children will die of cancer-related ...