Palliative care focuses on symptom management, discussion of treatment and care
decisions, network organization, and support of the family. As part of the advance care …

Palliative care during and following allogeneic hematopoieti... : Current Opinion in Supportive
and Palliative Care Palliative care during and following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell …

Background: The Serious Illness Care Programme enables patients to receive care that is in
accordance with their priorities. However, despite clarity about palliative care needs, many …

Background: To provide preference-sensitive care, we propose that clinicians might
routinely inquire about their patients' bucket-lists and discuss the impact (if any) of their …

This article presents the case of a mother of young children who has terminal stage IV
cancer with whom providers had not discussed goals of care and prognostication …

There is a well-described need to increase the competence of the primary care workforce in
the principles of geriatrics and palliative care, and as value-based payment models …

Background: With increasing support for the integration of palliative care and standard
oncology, communication training programs are needed to teach oncology nurses and other …

Objective Dying in the intensive care unit (ICU) has changed over the last twenty years due
to increased utilization of palliative care. We sought to examine how palliative medicine …

Background There is widespread agreement about the importance of communication skills
training (CST) for healthcare professionals caring for cancer patients. Communication can …

Background Patients suffering from advanced cancer often loose contact with their primary
care physician (PCP) during oncologic treatment and palliative care is introduced very late …