The principles of palliative care have made their way into the medical zeitgeist, which is great progress. Now is the moment to empower all doctors and specialists to incorporate this human-centered ...

Canada's 2016 law on medical assistance in dying (MAiD) spurred great interest in efforts to provide alternative treatments that help people cope with terminal illness. Changes in the nation's ...

Future family nurse practitioner Parag Raychoudhury considers her college’s emphasis on palliative care training as essential. “Palliative care isn’t just about death and dying,” she said. “Any ...

Healthcare workers who received palliative care training at six medical centers improved patient outcomes in four areas, according to a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

A worsening shortage of palliative care physicians is predicted over the next 14 years. One healthcare leader suggests ways to address the crisis. Diane Meier, MD, director of the Center to Advance ...

Palliative care in India is often limited to cancer and end-of-life care. Challenging this perception, Dr Eric Borges, ...

Personalized care for the stress of serious illness. We use a comprehensive approach by focusing on the whole patient; addressing the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual suffering of disease.

Healthcare administrators constantly aim to deliver genuine value-based care. We talk about reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and delivering treatment ...

Palliative care is an essential component of comprehensive healthcare, particularly for patients suffering from chronic, life-limiting, and ...

Some anti-euthanasia activists see the bill as a Trojan horse that would fund training in assisted-suicide techniques. Here’s why they’re wrong. When my mother was dying of Alzheimer’s disease and the ...

Join the free palliative care training workshop in Hubballi on February 4 to empower families caring for cancer patients.