The goal of palliative care is to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their
families, regardless of prognosis, stage of disease, or the need for other therapies. Palliative …

Palliative care encompasses the assessment and treatment of symptoms with the goal of
relieving suffering across multiple domains. Palliative care can be provided in conjunction …

Palliative care and end‐of‐life care are increasingly important public health issues. The
World Health Organization mentions prevention, supporting families and their need for …

Palliative medicine includes clinical palliative care, education, and research that focus on
the quality of life of patients with advanced disease and their families. The domain of …

The goal of palliative care is to relieve the suffering of patients and their families by the
comprehensive assessment and treatment of physical, psychosocial, and spiritual symptoms …

Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than death itself. Physicians have long given thought
to the comfort of those who are dying and palliative care is an old art of medicine. Recently …

As a patient nears the end of life, treatment goals change from measures aimed at
prolonging life via cure or remission of disease to the provision of palliative care. Palliative …

The April 21, 2005, cover story from USA Today touted that the “US is getting old fast,
seniors will out number school-age children in many states by 2030, the Census Bureau …

Geriatric Palliative Care covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end
of life for older adults. Beginning with the social and cultural context of old age and frailty …

Geriatric Palliative Care covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end
of life for older adults. Beginning with the social and cultural context of old age and frailty …