Many clinicians may feel poorly prepared to manage patient suffering resulting from the
travails of chronic illness. This essay explores the thesis that chronically and terminally ill …

Canada faces a significant and growing burden of terminal illness. There are major
unresolved economic, ethical and social issues related to care at the end of life. Despite the …

Context Palliative medicine (PM), still in the development phase, is a new, growing specialty
aimed at caring for both oncology and non-oncology patients. There is still confusion about …

Objectives. To identify and synthesize evidence from studies examining the quality of care of
dying patients in both specialist and general practitioner care. Method. Review of published …

There continues to be an unexplained paradox in American cancer care. On one hand, the
impact of cancer is substantial. More than one third of Americans will be diagnosed with …

3.-La necesidad, con el objetivo de ofrecer una mejora en la calidad asistencial, de conocer
las características específicas del anciano con enfermedad oncológica en fase terminal …

La investigación tuvo por objetivo la evaluación y mejora de la calidad en la Unidad de
Cuidados Paliativos de la Sala Padre Hurtado del Hogar de Cristo en Santiago de Chile …

The fastest growing segment of the US population are those individuals who are 85 years of
age and older. 1 It is estimated that 25 percent to 50 percent of community-dwelling older …

Palliative medicine is a recent addition to the list of medical subspecialties. In late 1987, the
Royal College of Physicians of London recognized palliative medicine as a specialty within …

There continues to be an unexplained paradox in American cancer care. On the one hand,
of all Americans who have cancer, only 50% will be cured. 1, 2 Most of these cures are due …