Background and purpose The European Association of Palliative Care Taskforce, in
collaboration with the Scientific Panel on Palliative Care in Neurology of the European …

This article reports a parallel survey of consultants working in the fields of neurology,
rehabilitation and palliative medicine, and explores the interface between the three …

Long-term neurological conditions (LTNCs) comprise a diverse set of conditions resulting
from injury or disease of the nervous system that will affect an individual for life. Some 10 …

Background and purpose: Many patients with non‐cancer diagnoses utilize palliative
services. There is little data on the palliative care needs of patients with neurologic and …

Palliative care is an approach to the care of patients and families facing progressive and
chronic illnesses that focuses on the relief of suffering due to physical symptoms …

Neurological diseases cause physical, psychosocial, and spiritual or existential suffering
from the time of their diagnosis. Palliative care focuses on improving quality of life for people …

The assessment of patients' quality of life is assuming increasing importance in medicine
and health care. Illnesses, diseases and their treatments can have significant impacts on …

Palliative medicine is a specialty that focuses on improving the quality of life for patients with
serious or advanced medical conditions, and it is appropriate at any stage of disease …

Importance Palliative care has shown benefits in reducing symptom intensity and quality of
life in patients with advanced cancer. However, high-quality evidence to support palliative …

Aim: To identify and compare the needs for supportive care/palliative care services of people
in Australia with Motor Neuron Disease (MND), Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Huntington's …