A new report by the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) says that without targeted investment and planning, Ireland is facing a potential future crisis in end of life care and support for people who are ...

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 ...

Patients needing palliative care services face a ‘postcode lottery’ due to variability in commissioning services by ICBs, an ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...