Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality...

In medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation (also known as terminal sedation, continuous deep sedation, or sedation for intractable...

other palliative care needs. Hospice care includes assistance for patients' families to help them cope with what is happening and provide care and support...

Facilities may also have palliative or hospice care teams that will provide end-of-life care services. Decisions about end-of-life care are often informed by...

diagnosis. Examples include caregiving, continued treatment, palliative and hospice care, and physician-assisted suicide. Decisions regarding management...

and are therefore palliative. Palliative care should be involved earlier, rather than later, in the disease course. Palliative care specialists can help...

specifically to care in the final months or weeks of life. End-of-life care is more likely to be included in the general term "palliative care". The first...

amenable for treatment through palliative care. Because the disease is not curable without a transplant, palliative care can also help with discussions...

after successful treatment Palliative care of patients with terminal malignancies Ethical questions surrounding cancer care Screening efforts: of populations...

availability of pediatric palliative care lead to improved palliative care outcomes in children with cancer?". Journal of Palliative Medicine. 16 (9): 1034–1039...