Only a quarter of patients received any palliative care. When such care did come, it usually was provided in the month they died, results show. “Even though clinicians and professional ...

The “Cornered” cartoon on Dec. 28 perpetuates unfortunate myths about palliative care while disparaging the efforts of thousands of dedicated professionals working in hospice and palliative ...

KERA’s Sam Baker discusses palliative care with Dr. Jane Mwangi, a palliative care advanced practice provider at Parkland Health. Both of them do the same thing —improving the quality of life ...

Dame Cicely Saunders This quote by Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern hospice movement, encapsulates the essence of palliative care. World Hospice and Palliative Care Day was ...

It was quite a success, with some 30,000 people attending, says P.C. Sreekumar, a volunteer himself, and vice-chairman of the Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS), which runs the Institute.