Palliative care is 'the speciality which has grown out of the hospice movement'. 1 The term
was first used by Balfour Mount to describe the service which he established in the Royal …

The aim of this paper is to encourage critical discussion of an individual's understanding of
palliative care and compare this with a health care professional's understanding of palliative …

In the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine" palliative care" is defined as" the study and
management of patients with active, progressive, far-advanced disease for whom the …

Cicely Saunders posed the question,'What's in a name?'. Much has happened since then
concern-ing the name'palliative medicine'. This journal, which represents much that is good …

I have previously argued that palliative care is in danger of suffering from ideological
stagnation (Aranda, 1998). By this I meant that the philosophy of palliative care had become …

Dear Editor: Palliative care was first defined by World Health Organization (WHO) in 1989,
as care especially for ''patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment.''1 …

" What do you do?" a clear, concise, simple, and readily understood answer might be," I am
a heart specialist." An internist can say," a physician for adults," and then perhaps specify …

Background: Communication about palliative care is a complex task frequently delayed until
otherwise unavoidable. There is a need for discussion of palliative care to be viewed as a …

Although it is a new specialty, palliative medicine enjoys strong support among both the
public and the health professions. Its practitioners are widely assumed to be the main …

Palliative medicine is a topic of great current, interest in the United Kingdom and is
beginning to emerge as a specialty. However, the question of whether it will become a fully …