Palliative care is an effective strategy to improve the quality of care and quality of life for seriously ill individuals while reducing the cost of care for these patients. Palliative care services ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals with pancreatic cancer underutilized palliative care and mental health services, according to a ...

Q: What can you tell me about palliative care? My husband suffers from lung disease and is receiving radiation for prostate cancer but is not terminally ill. I’ve heard that palliative care can help ...

Providing palliative care in hospitals led to a 10 percent reduction in intensive care unit use by dying patients, a new study finds. Palliative care aims to provide relief from symptoms and stress of ...

One of the most important advances in palliative care in oncology over the past 15 years has been the recognition that palliative care specialists can improve cancer patients' outcomes well before ...

Welcome to No One Gets Out of Here Alive, the fifth series from Health Affairs Pathways. In this series, Clemson University's Tracy Fasolino unpacks some of the legislative and policy issues ...

Harrisburg-based Homeland Center’s community outreach program, Homeland at Home, announced this week that it will now offer palliative care services. Homeland will provide in-home palliative care to ...

Patients experience unpredictable symptoms including fatigue, pain, mobility issues, and cognitive changes. These symptoms shift and intensify over time, affecting daily life for both patients and ...