Consistent with the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report on quality cancer
care, attention to symptom management and quality of life concerns of patients with lung …

Objectives: Patients with chronic life-limiting or advanced respiratory diseases often suffer
from high symptom burden, requiring palliative care to alleviate symptoms, improve quality …

As part of a Veterans Health Administration (VA) commitment to improve end-of-life care the
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLA) implemented Pathways of Caring, a 3 …

Palliative care (PC) is the care of patients and their families with serious illness and is
rapidly becoming an important part of the care of cancer patients. Patients with advanced …

Background Palliative care addresses multiple unmet needs of people with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and their family …

Background: Despite significant needs, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) make limited use of palliative care, in part because the current models of palliative …

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: Despite the world-wide growth of specialist palliative care services, the bulk of
care and decision making at the end of life are delivered in general hospital, primary care …

Abstract Background The Advanced Lung Disease Service is a unique, new model of
integrated respiratory and palliative care, which aims to address the unmet needs of patients …

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