Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality...

In medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation (also known as terminal sedation, continuous deep sedation, or sedation for intractable...

other palliative care needs. Hospice care includes assistance for patients' families to help them cope with what is happening and provide care and support...

Facilities may also have palliative or hospice care teams that will provide end-of-life care services. Decisions about end-of-life care are often informed by...

diagnosis. Examples include caregiving, continued treatment, palliative and hospice care, and physician-assisted suicide. Decisions regarding management...

chest pain. Palliative care should be initiated early in the HF trajectory, and should not be an option of last resort. Palliative care can not only...

targeted therapy. Pain and symptom management are an important part of care. Palliative care is particularly important in people with advanced disease. The chance...

specifically to care in the final months or weeks of life. End-of-life care is more likely to be included in the general term "palliative care". The first...

amenable for treatment through palliative care. Because the disease is not curable without a transplant, palliative care can also help with discussions...

optimal palliative care in older people with dementia: a Delphi study and recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care". Palliative Medicine...

and are therefore palliative. Palliative care should be involved earlier, rather than later, in the disease course. Palliative care specialists can help...

after successful treatment Palliative care of patients with terminal malignancies Ethical questions surrounding cancer care Screening efforts: of populations...

Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) is an organization whose members provide end-of-life palliative care to terminal patients in the province of Ontario...

Pancreatic cancer can be treated with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, palliative care, or a combination of these. Treatment options are partly based on the...

Surgery (10th ed.) (2015) Feig, B.W. Principles of palliative surgery, in Handbook of advanced cancer care, B.M. Fisch and E.D. Bruera, Editors. 2003, Cambridge...

second-line chemotherapeutics docetaxel and ramucirumab. Integrating palliative care (medical care focused on improving symptoms and lessening discomfort) into...

often rapid in onset, short in duration, and severe in intensity. In palliative care, transdermal fentanyl patches have a definitive, but limited role for:...

early palliative care for people with advanced multiple myeloma at the time of diagnosis and for anyone who has significant symptoms. Palliative care is...

In most cases, thanatology is not specifically related to palliative care and end-of-life care, which aim to provide treatment for dying individuals and...

availability of pediatric palliative care lead to improved palliative care outcomes in children with cancer?". Journal of Palliative Medicine. 16 (9): 1034–1039...

approach used in palliative care than in other areas of medicine. "From its early experiences of care for the dying, palliative care took for granted...

Primer of Palliative Care. American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. ISBN 9781889296081. "WHO | WHO Definition of Palliative Care". WHO. Archived...

2021-09-13. American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association...

2012. The Palliative Care Initiative focused on: Helping to integrate palliative care into health policies. Working to ensure that palliative care was included...

informed about and decline all other forms of treatment, including palliative care. Canada's law is consistent with many other nations that allow euthanasia...

harmful to be taken orally. Syringe drivers are particularly useful in palliative care, to continuously administer analgesics (painkillers), antiemetics (medication...

outcomes. Palliative care is recommended for any person who has advanced colon cancer or who has significant symptoms. Involvement of palliative care may be...

after lung transplantation in IPF are estimated at between 50 and 56%. Palliative care focuses on reducing symptoms and improving the comfort of patients...

The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) was a care pathway in the United Kingdom (excluding Wales) covering palliative care options for patients...

Institute of Palliative Medicine of Kozhikode is part of it. The Institute of Maternal and Child Health (IMCH) is a 1100 bed tertiary care center dedicated...