Palliative care is more than a focus on physical symptoms such as pain; there is also an emphasis on the mental well-being and social support of that patient. Because of this, palliative care is ...

We interviewed 15 gynecologic oncologists from 8 institutions in Chicago. They described a variety of expectations from palliative care consultation. Most frequently, they consulted palliative care ...

Although it is associated with dying, palliative care is an approach focused on improving quality of life—or how people feel about and respond to facing a life-threatening illness. Palliative care ...

Palliative care is increasingly recognized as an important component of quality care for cancer patients. Given an estimated 1,437,180 new patients diagnosed with cancer in the USA in 2008 , and ...

Educational Collaboration Between Russian-Born US Physicians and Russian Oncology Trainees in Evidence-Based Medicine: The Higher School of Oncology After an initial assessment of the status of ...

A novel palliative care intervention developed at Children's National Health System for caregivers of children and adolescents with rare diseases has shown preliminary success at helping families talk ...

Kim K. Kuebler, Mellar P. Davis, Crystal Dea Moore. Palliative Practices: An Interdisciplinary Approach. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Mosby; 2005. 491 pages, ISBN 0-323-02821-7. This book is authored by ...

The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians has developed a new staffing model for specialist palliative care teams that can deliver an optimal, integrated palliative care program. The model, ...

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A three-day state-level training on pain and palliative care for nurses and physiotherapists has commenced in Kohima.

Denise Praill, CEO of Canuck Place, says that Dr. Rubenstein’s global leadership will continue to advance pediatric ...

Doctors working in palliative care see promise in emerging therapies involving psychedelic drugs, but say many questions ...