The House plenum on Thursday voted through legislation regulating for the first time the provision of palliative care in ...

Too many patients are spending their last days in hospital amid financial pressures, a parliamentary committee has warned.

For an estimated 11% of Americans over age 65 who have dementia and the over 11 million unpaid caregivers supporting them, ...

John Swinney has acknowledged the assisted dying debate has not bene ended by Holyrood’s landmark vote to reject legislation.

The Scottish government is being urged to embed a right to palliative care into law following the assisted dying debate.

Privilege in healthcare is shaped by geography, timing and a patient's ability to navigate an unforgiving system while in ...

A systemwide collaborative integrates palliative care, EHR-based patient flagging, and cross-disciplinary support to address the psychosocial and clinical risks that often derail cancer treatment.

Medical University of South Carolina researchers report in Palliative and Supportive Care that early virtual palliative care for people living with dementia, as well as for their caregivers, is both ...

At the Nainital Lit Fest, poet Jerry Pinto presenting his book, A Good Life: The Power of Palliative Care, asked why just one section of the medical fraternity is devoted to palliative care.

Just one in 20 people get to die in a hospice and a funding crisis threatens the future of these vital services.

Patients who received narrative-based palliative care also reported better quality of life, improved sleep quality, and greater acceptance of death compared with patients receiving routine care. These ...

Specialist palliative care has the potential to reduce costs by up to £8,000 per person and improve quality of life. The new study, published by researchers at King's College London in the National ...