#palliative care

Hospice and palliative care programs across the country are reaching out to raise awareness about hospice and palliative care.

Starting palliative interventions at the onset of hospitalization for chemotherapy greatly improves quality of life.

This team-based approach can ease symptoms and improve quality of life for anyone living with cancer at any stage.

Our spring issue is devoted to the theme of treatment.

Home is now the most common place of death, according to new research, and a majority of Medicare patients are turning to hospice services.

Amy Berman, RN, who has Stage IV breast cancer, works to improve care for older adults.

Finding your way to the best life you can have now is a personal journey.

I kept pushing for answers because I knew in my gut that something was very off in my body.

End Game depicts visionary medical providers who practice on the cutting edge of life and death, changing the way we think about both.

For the past several months, she chronicled the day-to-day drama of dying in an effort to demystify the process and empower other patients.

Q&A with a palliative care expert

Many of the estimated 40 million adults in the U.S. living with serious illness would benefit from palliative care, experts say.

Some hospitals offer parents the choice to transport their dying children out of the intensive care unit so that they can die at home.

I walked out of my appointment with a glimmer of hope.

Palliative care power couple faces cancer at home

A new breed of patient advocate is reshaping the future of cancer research.