Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Opinion
New developments and barriers to palliative care
The need for palliative care in the United States is projected to grow significantly in the next decades.
News
Hiccups in patients with cancer often overlooked, undertreated
When poorly controlled, persistent hiccups can affect a patient's quality of life.
Perspectives
A Quantification Method to Compare the Value of Surgery and Palliative Care in Patients With Complex Cardiac Disease: A Concept
Latest News
Doc accused of killing 14 patients in the ICU: Upcoming trial notes patient safety lapses
Patient safety experts say that this could have happened at many U.S. hospitals.
News
Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families
Tennessee data shows that in Nashville just 19% of hospice patients are Black, although they make up 27% of the capital city’s population.
Outcomes Research in Review
Differences in Care by Race in Older Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
Outcomes Research in Review
Differences in Palliative Care Delivery Among Adults With Cancer and With Terminal Noncancer Illness in Their Last Year of Life
Conference Coverage
Palliative care in the pandemic: How one hospital met the challenge
The palliative care team at the University of Texas at Austin adapted both patient care and medical education when the region became a COVID-19...
Outcomes Research in Review
Noninvasive Ventilation Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries at the End of Life
News
Value of palliative care shines clearly in a crisis
Hospitalists have played key roles in clarifying and redefining the new role for palliative care during the pandemic.