Palliative care, a rapidly growing medical specialty, uses a team approach to enhance
quality of care for persons with serious illness. This review summarizes recent trends and …

Palliative medicine is a young specialty that is officially recognized in relatively few
countries. The W orld H ealth O rganization published an adapted definition in 2002 …

It is important for oncologists who provide comprehensive cancer care to be familiar with the
principles of primary palliative care and interdisciplinary team-based approaches to …

To determine whether hospital-based palliative care teams improve the process or
outcomes of care for patients and families at the end of life, a systematic literature review …

Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment), involving more than
4000 patients, documented “substantial shortcomings in care for seriously ill hospitalized …

Background Little is known about the use of palliative care for outpatients who continue to
pursue treatment of their underlying disease or whether outpatient palliative medicine …

Palliative care focuses on relieving suffering and achieving the best possible quality of life
for patients and their family caregivers. It involves the assessment and treatment of …

Palliative care is the interdisciplinary specialty that aims to relieve suffering and improve the
quality of care for patients with serious illness and their families. Although palliative care …

Palliative care has evolved over the past five decades as an interprofessional specialty to
improve quality of life and quality of care for patients with cancer and their families. Existing …

Background: Palliative care improves care and reduces costs for hospitalized patients with
life-limiting illnesses. There have been no multicenter randomized trials examining impact …