We’ve come a long way in the past 20 years, evidencing how the specialty of palliative care saves money, improves quality of life, produces quality outcomes, and enhances provider satisfaction—all key ...

A nurse comforts a patient with cancer by actively listening. APP discusses the benefits of early integration of palliative care in patients with cancer as well as chronic heart, lung, and neurologic ...

Palliative care should be viewed as a supportive element of care for patients with chronic illnesses at all stages of their disease. Palliative care is focused on managing symptoms and providing ...

We all will die one day. Surgeons need to be able to discuss death and what care at the end of our lives looks like.