Tag: palliative care
Palliative care from diagnosis to death
Evidence is growing that people can benefit from palliative care earlier in their illness, say Scott Murray and colleagues, but care must be tailored to different conditions. Many people still associate palliative care with... read more
Palliative care intervention improves quality of life during hospitalization for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Palliative care involvement helps lessen quality of life (QOL) decline compared to standard care during hospitalization for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.... read more
Palliative-care boosts heart failure patient outcomes
Adding palliative care interventions to management of patients with advanced heart failure improved quality-of-life measures in two relatively small, controlled studies.... read more
