Neurodegenerative conditions are prominent contributors to both morbidity and mortality
worldwide. They pose a significant challenge to health professionals, health systems, and …

Drawing its beginnings from end-of-life care, palliative care has developed into a
specialized interdisciplinary effort aiming to alleviate distress in all its form, and spanning the …

Community-based palliative care is defined as palliative care delivered outside of the
hospital and outpatient clinics. These settings include the home, nursing homes, day …

Neuropalliative care has become mainstream with more neurologists entering the field, a
new specialty society to promote its growth, clinical guidelines and curricula to standardize …

Neuropalliative care is an emerging subspecialty in neurology and palliative care. On April
26, 2017, we convened a Neuropalliative Care Summit with national and international …

While some confusion may still exist in both the medical world and the public about what
palliative care exactly comprises, there is no question where it is headed. With the tripling of …

Palliative care is an approach to patient care that focuses on enhancing quality of life
through relief of physical, emotional, and spiritual sources of distress and patient-tailored …

Background: Neuropalliative care is a newly-defined subspeciality bringing specific aspects
of fields of neurology and palliative care together to better meet the complex care needs of …

The multidisciplinary approach to care is essential in the care of a person with a progressive
neurological disease. This needs to be carefully coordinated to ensure that the various …

Background The communication process of preparing patients and families facing
progressive neurodegenerative diseases for future illness has not been empirically …