A routine blood test can predict how long cancer patients in palliative care will survive, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore. "Cancer patients in palliative care want ...

Patients in their final weeks or months of life can turn to hospice care to manage their transition. But until then, patients have another option to help them live with serious illnesses. KERA’s Sam ...

Effects of nursing intervention based on gratitude extension-construction theory on gratitude level, recurrence fear and post-traumatic growth of patients with breast cancer after surgery. A ...

Increasing the uptake of palliative care may decrease the aggressiveness of end-of-life care, an analysis of ovarian cancer decedents suggested. Palliative care initiated earlier than 3 months before ...

Deciding when to stop seeking curative measures and transition to palliative or hospice care is a deeply personal and often challenging decision. Understanding the differences between these types of ...

Palliative care and hospice are two types of care offered to people with serious medical illnesses. Provided to anyone, at any stage, who is continuing curative treatments and would like support ...

For many people with cancer and other serious diseases, palliative care is an important element of their journey. Palliative care can be valuable at any stage of an illness. When people with cancer ...

In Canada the annual deaths by MAID since June 2016 has continued to rise. In 2024 MAiD was the lead cause in 5.1 % (1 in 20) ...

Palliative care may help relieve symptoms and improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease and ensure that treatment is aligned with the patient's personal beliefs and values ...

Early integration of palliative care and oncology (EIPCO): A low-maintenance, easy-to-implement program to address palliative care shortages in oncology. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ...

A New York law grants patients the right to request aid in dying. But do the clinicians who guide them through that decision have the training to do so?

A new poll reveals large gaps in older adults' knowledge about two types of care that could help them or their loved ones cope with a major illness or the end of life: palliative care and hospice.