Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (February 18, 2010) – Can patients near death safely receive sedation at home, fully respecting their own and their families' wishes? This ...

Checklists are used in many different settings for the purpose of standardization and reduction of preventable errors in practice. Our group sought to determine whether a palliative care checklist ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In past entries of this column, we have written a lot about what palliative care is, the skills that are ...

A checklist in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) specifically designed for the palliative care of terminally ill neonates not only helps to ensure that babies receive quality compassionate care, ...

Each year in the United States, approximately 50,000 children die and 500,000 children cope with life-threatening conditions. Worldwide these numbers are in the millions. 1,2 Such children and their ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey ...

Palliative care, sometimes called supportive care, can improve quality of life for people with chronic or other serious illnesses. People with serious, life threatening illnesses may feel as though ...

Careerforce, with the support of Hospice New Zealand, has created an assessment package to recognise the competency of the workforce providing palliative and end of life care. “Education and training ...

Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious or life-altering illnesses. Each person’s care varies but can involve physical, psychological, and educational elements.