Read on for our guide and learn if Palliative Care is something you need in your Long-Term Care insurance. Getty Images Palliative care is a healthcare approach that aims to provide comfort and ...

Palliative care was recently granted formal specialty status by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Despite the growing number of clinicians specializing in this field, "basic palliative skills ...

Because the NQF Framework is based largely on the NCP's guidelines, the 2 documents have much in common: Both attempt to formalize the concept of palliative care by providing extended descriptions and ...

This book is a guide to designing, implementing, and evaluating palliative care programs and services, moving a focus on integrating palliative care into mainstream healthcare systems. It includes the ...

Health care spending is logically concentrated on the sickest and most complex patients in the U.S., with the top 5% of spenders accounting for nearly 60% of all healthcare costs. Contrary to what ...

Combining approaches from palliative care and population health may improve care quality for elderly and frail patients, a pair of doctors suggest in a JAMA Viewpoints article. David Casarett, M.D., ...

Home healthcare patients, caregivers and clinicians have significant knowledge gaps surrounding palliative care, which are contributing to poorer health outcomes for sick patients, according to a new ...

Read full article: Michigan attorney general secures $53M settlement against Veolia for Flint water crisis The minimum wage and paid sick leave bills were the first significant test for the 103rd ...

On World Cancer Day 2026, here's why palliative care in India is vital for comfort, pain relief, dignity, and better quality of life alongside cancer treatment.

Can We Apply National Cancer Grid of India Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings? Together, these studies highlight the realities of oncologic care in all ...

As leaders of the hospitals that serve you, our Mid-South community, we focus on delivering the health programs and services our community needs with the highest quality of care. And as members of the ...

In a recent column, I discussed caring for the whole patient and recommended the use of a tool such as the NCCN’s Distress Thermometer to assess for distress and its cause. The other aspect of caring ...