palliative care
Societies Call for Broader Treatment Options For End-of-Life and Palliative Pain Care
Pain management nurses are often the front-line caregivers for patients facing death or long-term palliative care ...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Randomized Trial Validates Virtual Early Palliative Care for Lung Cancer
Almost 15 years after a randomized study demonstrated that early palliative care improved quality of life (QOL) and ...
AUGUST 2, 2024
How Supportive and Palliative Oncology Partnerships Provide Lifesaving Answers
A website aims to provide up-to-date supportive and palliative care resources for oncologists and oncology nurse ...
JUNE 21, 2024
Cancer Pain Guideline Implementation Had Little Effect on Outcomes
Three cancer pain guideline strategies that aimed to improve pain outcomes in adult outpatients using oncology and ...
AUGUST 24, 2022
End-of-Life Planning Gives Cancer Patients Sense of Completion, Control
An end-of-life program that enables patients with advanced cancer to document their wishes can enhance feelings of ...
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Palliative Care’s Evolving Guidelines During the COVID-19 Crisis
During the COVID-19 crisis, palliative care clinicians are sharing their expertise with hospital-based specialists. ...
MAY 28, 2020
Palliative Care in a Pandemic: An Interview With Michael Cohn, MD
Michael Cohn, MD, a palliative care specialist in Palo Alto, Calif., discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic is ...
APRIL 22, 2020
Early Inpatient Palliative Care Improves Survival, Cuts Costs
CHICAGO—Patients with advanced cancer who receive early inpatient palliative care have longer median ...
JUNE 18, 2019
Palliative Care Education Needed for Front-Line Staff
San Francisco—When shopping for a cancer center, what information can patients receive over the phone about ...
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Inpatient Palliative Intervention Benefits Patients Undergoing HCT
San Francisco—Inpatient palliative care improves quality of life (QOL), symptom burden, depression and ...
OCTOBER 6, 2016