A palliative care approach includes preventing, screening for and relieving pain and distress associated with the challenges of living with a life-threatening illness. This approach can be applied to ...

Across the world, there is an urgent demand for palliative care as the global population ages and the burden of noncommunicable diseases continues to increase. At present, only 10% of the people who ...

If you have cancer, you might benefit from palliative care — a type of treatment that focuses on improving quality of life. This type of supportive care is considered a whole-body approach. It ...

(Geneva) –The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 23, 2014, adopted a groundbreaking resolution urging countries to ensure access to pain medicines and palliative care ...

Research now offers compelling evidence that establishing standardized criteria for calling a palliative care consultation improves the quality of care for patients hospitalized with advanced cancer.

Australia has a growing and ageing population, with palliative care services around the country busier than ever. It's provided almost anywhere that health care is available, including neo-natal units ...

The resolution, which supports WHO’s goals of improving access to care and achieving universal health coverage, marks a pivotal step towards integrating palliative care into health systems across the ...

Local palliative care providers are racing to overcome logistical hurdles — acquiring personal protective equipment, training staff, co-ordinating resources — in order to provide end-of-life care to ...

With the population getting older and living well into advanced ages, the pressure to improve palliative and hospice care is ...

I'm receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, and my doctor has suggested I see a palliative care specialist. Does this mean my prognosis isn't good? Not necessarily. Palliative care is for ...