Rationale: Palliative care has been focused largely on patients with cancer, and yet patients
with chronic lung diseases also have high morbidity and mortality. The majority of deaths in …

Background: Early palliative care provides better quality of life, increased prognostic
awareness, and even improved survival for patients with advanced cancer but how the …

Background In the United States, lung cancer is a major health problem that is associated
with significant patient distress and often limited survival, with some exceptions. The …

A decade ago, the major obstacles to integration of palliative care into the intensive care unit
(ICU) were the limited number of providers trained in palliative care, an immature evidence …

Palliative care services for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
have been limited in most health care schemes despite the significant impact its symptoms …

Rapid response teams (RRTs) can effectively foster discussions about appropriate goals of
care and address other emergent palliative care needs of patients and families facing life …

Early integration of palliative home care (PHC) might positively affect people with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, PHC as a holistic approach is not well …

Palliative care is a core component of comprehensive care for patients facing critical illness,
regardless of age, diagnosis, or prognosis. Key domains of intensive care unit (ICU) …

Objective: Although successful models for palliative care delivery and quality improvement
in the intensive care unit have been described, their applicability in surgical intensive care …

Objective To develop clinical practice guidelines for application of palliative care
consultation, quality-of-life measurements, and appropriate bereavement activities for …