The paper by Lo and colleagues in this issue launches a new series of articles about end-of-
life care. These articles will provide practical advice and guidance to clinicians who are not …

Methods My choice of topics derives from my familiarity with patterns of medical practice,
particularly in the United States; presentations at meetings; review of current textbooks; and …

Many neurosurgical conditions are incurable, leading to disability or severe symptoms, poor
quality of life, and distress for patients and families. The field of neuropalliative care (NPC) …

Objectives Palliative care is an important component of critical care medicine. Few
fellowship programs have developed a curriculum designed to teach palliative care precepts …

At Children's Hospital of Wisconsin there is a pediatric palliative care consultation service
that serves a diverse patient population, including infants. However, the value of a palliative …

With increasing trends towards home care of children with even the most complex conditions
and care requirements, respite becomes critical in improving the quality of life for terminally …

O moderno movimento hospice, movimento que alberga os cuidados paliativos e cuidado
hospice, vive um momento de grande expansão e visibilidade global, especialmente diante …

Background: Palliative care is associated with decreased treatment intensity and improved
quality for individual patients at the end of life, but little is known about how hospital-wide …

This article seeks to further our understanding of the role of death metaphors in the context
of factory closure. A closure is an example of what has been called an organizational death …

Palliative medicine, in the sense of a special, primarily symptomatic treatment of incurable
and terminally ill patients has so far been described as an invention of the 20th or, at most …