… If comprehensive palliative care is to be extended to nonmalignant diseases, existing
methods of care provision will need modification. In patients with cancer there has already …

… The statistics demonstrate the current and future importance of thinking about palliative care
in life-limiting non-malignant diseases from both a specialist and a generalist palliative care …

… specialists in palliative care became increasingly aware that those dying with chronic non-malignant
diseases also had extensive palliative care needs.Specialist palliative care touches …

… This article discusses how a palliative care approach can be incorporated into standard
active treatment, outlines the management of important symptoms and discusses the importance …

… patients with non-malignant disease to a specialist palliative care service, and if so, …
palliative care team and concerns about the extension of palliative care to non-malignant disease …

Background: The physical and psychosocial needs of patients with chronic non-malignant
lung disease are comparable to those with lung cancer. This article will focus on chronic …

… cardiac disease at all stages has a substantial palliative component, … palliative care in cardiac
failure, as this is the final common pathway in most patients with advanced cardiac disease …

… movement was systematically faced with the challenge of non-malignant conditions. … role
of specialist palliative care services in caring for patients with non-malignant diseases. These …

… -stage heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and renal failure. Recognition
… how a palliative care approach can be incorporated into standard active treatment for …

… or techniques of palliative care, as dealt with elsewhere in this book? Health professionals,
influenced by the hospice movement, have developed and improved their skills in the care of …