Find out when palliative care is appropriate. Learn about the benefits of palliative care, who it’s for, and how it can improve quality of life for people with serious illnesses.

An Isle of Wight hospice nurse has been recognised for her outstanding work in palliative care. Theresa McNamara, lead ...

Journal of Palliative Medicine, published monthly in print and online, is an interdisciplinary journal that reports on the clinical, educational, legal, and ethical aspects of care for seriously ...

Palliative care has an image problem. Dr. Samantha Winemaker, who has specialized in this field of medicine for 20 years, says most people incorrectly assume the practice is some kind of “Grim ...

Larner College of Medicine palliative care physician Stephen Berns, M.D., participates in a mock palliative care conversation during a VitalTalk workshop at the University of Vermont.

Palliative care helps to relieve the stress and symptoms of ovarian cancer during treatment. Skip to main content . Home ; ... from your relationships to your job and self-image.

Triplett DP, LeBrett WG, Bryant AK, et al. Effect of Palliative Care on Aggressiveness of End-of-Life Care Among People With Advanced Cancer. Journal of Oncology Practice . September 1, 2017.

A palliative care nurse, who works at Old Colony Hospice in Massachusetts , wrote a blog post , which has since resurfaced, revealing the top five regrets people make on their deathbed.

A medical doctor and former nun, she found an affordable way to expand palliative care in the developing world, bringing pain ...

‘The palliative care people say ‘In fact, there IS something we can do.’ It's just not what my patient came here for—to be cured.’ ‘A 6% chance of cure is better than a 0% chance of ...