Palliative care is an interdisciplinary medical specialty that focuses on preventing and
relieving suffering and on supporting the best possible quality of life for patients facing …

The field of palliative care has developed over recent years to address quality of life
concerns in serious illness. Palliative care is appropriate across the disease trajectory and is …

Twenty years ago, the case was made for people with life-limiting medical conditions other
than cancer to receive specialist palliative care services. The recommendation came from …

Palliative care refers to medical or nursing interventions that alleviate symptoms without
improving or preventing progression of the underlying disease. Smoking cessation …

This book details the benefits of palliative care to improve the lives of patients with serious
lung disease and their caregivers. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people …

People with chronic respiratory disease often suffer from a high symptom burden, level of
disability and uncertainty about their future. However, individuals with non-malignant …

International guidelines recommend the timely integration of palliative care for patients with
advanced disease. The symptom burden of these patients is complex as it comprises …

Advanced restrictive lung diseases remain a challenge for both the clinician and patient
alike. Because there are few available treatment options that prolong survival for patients …

Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and is the leading cause of cancer
death for both men and women in the USA. Symptom burden in patients with advanced lung …

The traditional “either cure or comfort” approach does not optimize palliative care in elderly
with advanced lung disease. Instead, a holistic, patient-centered,“comfort and cure together” …