The benefits of specialist palliative care (PC) among those with serious illness are well
established (1, 2). Unfortunately, there is a critical supply–demand mismatch between 1) the …

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused a fast-moving, highly distressing global
health crisis. Patients of all ages face daunting illness while healthcare systems struggle to …

People who live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth leading
cause of death in the United States, have chronic and progressively debilitating dyspnea …

Background: Patients with serious respiratory illness and their caregivers suffer
considerable burdens, and palliative care is a fundamental right for anyone who needs it …

COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is a serious respiratory
illness characterized by years of progressively debilitating breathlessness, high prevalence …

Palliative care e “patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by
anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering throughout the continuum of illness” 1 e is …

Background: Palliative care is a medical specialty and philosophy of care that focuses on
reducing suffering among patients with serious illness and their family members, regardless …

Using a set of screening criteria that suggest very poor prognosis in critically ill patients, Hua
and colleagues report that up to 20% of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions meet triggers …

Palliative care is appropriate for patients at any point in a serious illness. Unlike hospice,
palliative care is not limited by prognosis and may be provided at the same time as disease …

Specialty-aligned palliative care (SAPC) refers to interprofessional palliative care (PC) that
is delivered to a specific population of patients in close partnership with other primary or …