… Table 1 outlines the differences between hospice and palliative care in the United … care
delivery system that provides palliative care under the Medicare hospice benefit, “palliative care” …

… of stay, and mortality with the use of a palliative care team for terminally ill patients in an
intensive care unit. Further high-quality studies are needed to adequately address this issue. …

… Even experienced physicians often struggle when initiating complex, emotionally laden
discussions about palliative care with seriously ill patients and their families. We use two …

… The subject of communication between palliative care physicians and their patients regarding
their … palliative care at least 30% of their time were considered evaluable as palliative care …

… In this study, we demonstrated that palliative care did not shorten the survival of terminally ill
patients with … The results of this study may encourage palliative care use for the terminally ill. …

… provided by their primary care providers and other specialists as needed. This might require
… the use of palliative sedation in the palliative care of imminently dying patients are offered. …

… of end-of-life care,31 providing reliable evidence to ‘serve as a neutral arbiter’,32 our results
may help assure patients, … the patient life expectancy but, in fact, result in higher quality of …

… for end-of-life care. In the 131 ICUs for which we analyzed data, the median frequency of CPR
among patients … for both aggressive and nonaggressive end-of-life care. Much analysis of …

… patient. We also suggest considering the patients’ readiness to accept palliative care and a
… threatening disease, thereby defining itself as care given to a terminally ill patient. The use of …

… palliative care unit at the Edmonton General Hospital. Delirium occurs commonly in the
terminally ill … If not well managed, delirium can be a very distressing symptom for the patient and …