The goal of end-of-life care for dying patients is to prevent or relieve suffering as much as
possible while respecting the patients' desires. However, physicians face many ethical …

Background Family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer often have poor quality of
life (QOL) and mental health. We examined the effectiveness of interventions offering …

Background: Patients with serious respiratory illness and their caregivers suffer
considerable burdens, and palliative care is a fundamental right for anyone who needs it …

There is increased awareness of palliative care needs in people with COPD or interstitial
lung disease (ILD). This European Respiratory Society (ERS) task force aimed to provide …

Importance Palliative care improves health outcomes, but studies of the differences in the
delivery of palliative care to patients with different types of serious illness are lacking …

Background Globally, a rising number of people live into advanced age and die with
multimorbidity and frailty. Palliative care is advocated as a person-centred approach to …

Background Specialist palliative care (SPC) services address the needs of people with
advanced illness. Meta-analyses to date have been challenged by heterogeneity in SPC …

In 1974, Dr. Balfour Mount introduced the term “palliative” from the Latin word palliare—“to
wrap in comfort”—as a description of an approach that supports patients by focusing on …

Importance Increasing inpatient palliative care delivery is prioritized, but large-scale,
experimental evidence of its effectiveness is lacking. Objective To determine whether …

Significant differences may exist among different descents, but the current studies are mainly
based on European populations. In the present study, we analyzed the population‐specific …