Palliative (pronounced PAH-lee-uh-tiv) care is a health care approach that tends to the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of a person with an illness and the needs of his or her family.

Q: I was visiting a friend in the hospital, and he mentioned to me that he was going to begin receiving palliative care. I had never heard this term before and was wondering what exactly it is. Could ...

If you were a European warrior or religious pilgrim on the way to Jerusalem during the Middle Ages, chances are you lodged at a “hospes house” on the arduous journey. The holy orders of knights such ...