Patients with chronic neurologic disorders suffer from the burden of disease progression
without the hope for a cure. Therefore, symptom management and palliative care …

Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families affected by life-
threatening illness. This approach applies to a large and growing proportion of neurological …

In the absence of effective disease-modifying drugs, the emphasis in all of the
neurodegenerative conditions is on symptom management and maintenance of quality of …

Palliative care is an approach to the care of patients, affected by serious illness, and their
families that aims to reduce suffering through the management of medical symptoms …

In the absence of effective disease-modifying drugs, the emphasis in all of the
neurodegenerative diseases is on symptom management and maintenance of quality of life …

Palliative care affirms the value of holistic support for persons facing death from advanced
disease. Increasingly the approach of palliative care is seen as relevant not only to terminal …

The new concept of palliative care supports the idea of palliation as an early approach to
patients affected by disabling and life-limiting disease which focuses on the patient's quality …

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 …

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

Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, atypical parkinsonian
syndromes, and multiple sclerosis are progressive neurologic disorders that cumulatively …