Despite considerable efforts to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the United States, a new retrospective study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers revealed that close to half of ...

The federal government's recent announcement of plans to distribute N75,000 cash transfers to an estimated 70 million of the 'poorest of the poor' Nigerians this year has been met with mixed reactions ...

Palliative and end-of-life care is about understanding, supporting, and honoring each individual's journey. Here's how to ...

It is important that a healthcare team is aware of and understands a patient's goals of care, both medical and personal.

It is important that a health care team is aware of and understands a patient's goals of care, both medical and personal. But ...

Dr Warwick Jones, director of clinical services at Northhaven Hospice in Whangārei and a palliative care specialist for Northland/Te Tai Tokerau, said the current model was not sustainable. He said ...

One of the main strengths of this study is that it was a multisite effectiveness study that enrolled participants frequently seen in palliative care services. The relatively rapid rate of recruitment ...

Additionally, he said, palliative care services will be provided to patients for pain management and relief from other physical symptoms, as well as psychosocial and spiritual support services.

Palliative care services in the UK are "the best in the world", he said, but services "can still improve more". "We're not talking about either palliative care or assisted dying, we need both," he ...

Food, medical services, and rent subsidies are available to those who qualify. Taxpayers fund these programs from which recipients often receive biweekly or monthly payments in the form of ...

“What that more recent evidence shows is that although palliative care services have improved in those countries where assisted dying has been implemented, they have improved three times better ...