Methods: The authors reviewed studies of palliative care interventions in oncology settings,
with an emphasis on studies that included women with gynecologic malignancies. A panel …

Patients with head and neck cancer face a potentially traumatizing disease. These cancers
can erode a patient's ability to perform many of the most basic human functions: eating …

Context Few individuals have fellowship training in both hospice and palliative medicine
(HPM) and a surgical specialty including general surgery, general obstetrics and …

Palliative careis a pillar of surgical care. In fact, the term palliative care and palliative care
services in North America were introduced by Canadian urologic surgeon Balfour Mount …

Objective: Surgeons comprise 2% of HPM-trained physicians. Little is known about the
perceived value of HPM training to the surgeon or medical community. We aim to …

Promoting Specialty Diversity in Hospice and Palliative Medicine: A Call to Action - Journal of
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Surgeons, by nature, are often at the forefront of combating death and caring for the dying.
While surgery and palliative care may seem mutually exclusive, surgeons have historically …

Modern anesthesiology has gained recognition as a leader in promoting patient safety and
quality of care in the medical profession, with novel technological developments continually …