Secil Aydinoz, MD, says helping people was his motivation in choosing medicine as a career. “The more I am able to help, the ...

Admission to a palliative care ward usually signals nearing death - a prospect that often stirs sombre or uneasy emotions. Iris Ranke-Greve offers a refreshing and compassionate perspective. "It's a ...

With euthanasia rates soaring across the country, Canada’s Catholic bishops are appealing for greater emphasis on palliative care, including better end-of-life training for doctors and a call for ...

Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with life-threatening illnesses. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that each ...

Canada's 2016 law on medical assistance in dying (MAiD) spurred great interest in efforts to provide alternative treatments that help people cope with terminal illness. Changes in the nation's ...

An intervention that provides palliative care training to community neurologists and specialized palliative care services to people with Parkinson's disease (PD) via telehealth modestly improved ...

Future family nurse practitioner Parag Raychoudhury considers her college’s emphasis on palliative care training as essential. “Palliative care isn’t just about death and dying,” she said. “Any ...

Most people living with life-limiting illnesses in Kenya lack access to palliative care. Globally, palliative medicine is a growing specialty that equips clinicians with the training required to ...

Paul Joseph does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The benefits of strong training in palliative care for oncologists cannot be overstated. Evidence and experience indicate that a significant proportion of patients in a medical oncology office have ...

Some anti-euthanasia activists see the bill as a Trojan horse that would fund training in assisted-suicide techniques. Here’s why they’re wrong. When my mother was dying of Alzheimer’s disease and the ...

A worsening shortage of palliative care physicians is predicted over the next 14 years. One healthcare leader suggests ways to address the crisis. Diane Meier, MD, director of the Center to Advance ...