Several years ago Skye Morrison knew it was time to end the suffering of her aging cat, Smokey, but she couldn’t bear the thought of taking him into a sterile veterinary clinic to lie on a metal table ...

Only 14% of people who need palliative care actually receive it. You may receive palliative care alongside treatments designed to cure your illness. It is possible to be eligible for palliative care ...

Misty Hartley is vice president of palliative care at Compassus. The last few years have forced many of us to confront our own mortality as we witnessed the devastating effects of the COVID-19 ...

Palliative care and hospice care have a number of things in common. Both are designed to help people living with a serious illness and to improve their quality of life. But it’s important to ...