Rationale: Little direction exists on how to integrate early palliative care in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: We sought to identify patient and family …

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 …

Rationale: A growing evidence base supports provision of palliative care services alongside
life-prolonging care. Whereas palliative care processes have been implemented widely in …

Palliative care has been a neglected aspect of the management of nonmalignant respiratory
disease. There is now growing recognition of its importance in chronic obstructive …

Background: The morbidity and mortality of interstitial lung disease (ILD) is high, despite
novel therapeutics. Recognizing unmet needs for symptom management, advance care …

Excellent palliative care is available for patients with advanced lung cancer. Whether the
same services are available for those with nonmalignant respiratory disease is less clear. A …

Background: Extending palliative care to those with advanced non-malignant disease is
advocated, but the implications in specific conditions are poorly understood. AIMs: We …

Palliative care aims to prevent and relieve suffering by controlling symptoms and to provide
other support to patients and families in order to maintain and improve their quality of living …

Palliative care is the active holistic care of patients with advanced progressive illness to
relieve symptoms and to provide psychological, social and spiritual support. The goal of …

In this editorial, the authors comment on a recently published review paper by Molassiotis et
al. on the developments made over the past 40 years in supportive care for patients with …