Having nursed many patients, as well as my late husband, the writer Jeremy Clarke, in their last days, I have great ...

The head of an Ontario agency responsible for delivering and coordinating medical supplies needed for home and palliative care has been fired in the wake of critical shortages, Global News can ...

Objectives This study investigates the status of end-of-life (EOL) care and palliative care (PC) training in Spanish medical schools and assesses students’ perspectives. Methods The research employs a ...

Here are some of the possible advantages and disadvantages of hospice care to consider. Palliative care and hospice care are both intended for those with serious illness, but there are differences ...

Palliative care isn’t always a part of just end-of-life care. It can be used at any point if you have incurable cancer to improve your quality of life. Some cancer treatments are curative, while ...

This has brought challenges. Care of the dying did not begin with palliative care. Traditions of caring for the seriously ill and grieving have existed for as long as humans have lived. The ...

The aims of this study were to investigate the experience of home hospice physicians and palliative care specialists who care for patients during VSED in Japan, and their opinions on continuous deep ...

Medscape Medical News, November 01, 2022 What Is Palliative Sedation, and How Is It Administered? Unlike medically assisted death, palliative sedation aims to reduce the perception of an otherwise ...

Purpose. The development of a policy, evidence-based standard orders, and monitoring for palliative sedation therapy (PST) is described. Summary. Concerns regarding PST at the University of ...