Doctors often prescribe strong medications to relieve pain, distress and discomfort in palliative care, but many of these ...

Innovative answers to the challenges of providing serious illness care. At the UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care, our researchers focus on seeking out innovative answers for palliative ...

Palliative care has an image problem. Despite what people think, it's not some kind of "Grim Reaper service," say two of Canada's leading experts in this field of medicine. Ideally, it should ...

Palliative care is sometimes called supportive care. It offers relief, support and comfort to people, both in and out of the hospital setting. Having palliative care doesn’t mean you will die soon. It ...

But for many patients, the challenges don’t end there. Navigating the aftermath of a stroke can be overwhelming, and palliative care may play a crucial role in supporting both patients and their ...

Researchers evaluated billing for early palliative care among Medicare beneficiaries who were newly diagnosed with 1 of 6 common distant-stage cancers.

A default palliative care referral intervention increased palliative care consultations by more than fivefold and decreased end-of-life systemic therapy by more than half among patients with ...

An increase was seen in the how many advanced cancer patients received early palliative care billing from 2010 to 2019.