For many people with cancer and other serious diseases, palliative care is an important element of their journey. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. At the University of ...

For patients with advanced cancer, palliative care should start early and be an integral part of treatment, not just something added on near the end of life, according to a new practice guideline from ...

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre has embedded palliative care as a core component of its oncology services, recognizing its role in addressing the complex physical, psychological, and ...

What Is Palliative Care? "Palliative care is an integrative medical caregiving approach that aims to improve the quality of life and reduce the suffering of people with serious complex and terminal ...

The term palliative care has long been associated with an end-of-life connotation. Patients who are offered palliative care services might panic and assume they have no options left. This could not be ...

Rachel Yantzi is a Canadian nurse and mobile support technician. Rachel has a specialisation in paediatric and neonatal ...

When you have advanced prostate cancer, you can turn to palliative care to manage your symptoms and get the emotional support you need. It can be a big help at a time when you may be looking for ...

Palliative care refers to the specialized care given to persons with advanced and potentially incurable illness such as cancer, end stage kidney disease, liver failure, and Alzheimer’s disease. The ...

Patients needing palliative care services face a ‘postcode lottery’ due to variability in commissioning services by ICBs, an ...

A rising number of patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS ...