Patients with chronic neurologic disorders suffer from the burden of disease progression
without the hope for a cure. Therefore, symptom management and palliative care
approaches should be included from the beginning of the illness. Palliative care aims at
improving a patient's quality of life by alleviating suffering due to physical, psychosocial, and
spiritual factors. Since no curative and only limited life-prolonging treatment options are
available for most chronic neurologic disorders, a palliative care approach can help to …