Banner MD Anderson Cancer Centers in northern Colorado has brought in a new physician to offer specialized palliative care to established patients. Heidi Hallam, board-certified in hospice and ...

Palliative care is a type of medical care that addresses pain, symptom management and the social and emotional needs for people with a serious illness, such as cancer. End-of-life care, such as ...

In reality, palliative care is about understanding the things you can’t find in a medical chart. A patient is so much more than their diagnosis and I strive to honor that.” ...

Mel Plaut/NYT Wirecutter According to the FelineVMA’s chart of feline life stages ... a veterinarian who specializes in hospice and palliative care. “A giant breed dog’s lifespan is going ...

When JV was a week old, our neonatologist had a stroke of genius and requested that JV be admitted to Mary Potter Hospice ... holes in paediatric palliative care can’t show dying babies and ...

As well, 90.4% (95% CI 88.8% to 91.9%) agreed/strongly agreed that Canadians should be made aware that palliative care can be included early in the course of the patient’s illness (1.0% (95% CI 0.5% ...

Discussions about life-sustaining technology at such late points in the patient's life (or illness) focused on ‘getting the DNR [do not resuscitate]’ (resident physician), and writing it in the chart ...

New data suggest that early integration of palliative care is increasingly being used in patients with advanced cancers, but use remains low overall.

Timely, consistent integration of palliative care services benefits pediatric patients with high-risk brain tumors.

Policymakers and nonprofit hospices must work together to create a system that prioritizes patient-centered care and health ...

Home-based care providers that also offer hospice services face a proposed 2.4% increase in per diem payments – a figure ...