A new article in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology examines the ethical, equity, and societal/relational implications of digital health technologies for precision medicine in end-of-life care.

BOB ABERNETHY: Our cover story this week concerns children at the end of life, in pain and, often, alone. A new report from the Institute of Medicine, which advises the government on health policy, ...

Ethics in palliative care is a matter of "practical reasoning" about individual patients. Although there are many approaches proposed by ethicists for the analysis and resolution of difficult ...

Management of the primary site in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer: SEER analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium. This abstract ...

Palliative care improves the lives of people with incurable illness and their families by addressing symptoms, psychosocial challenges, spiritual wellbeing, and preparing for the future and end of ...

When Pedro Faust Tzul Menchu, a 45-year-old man with colon cancer, told his oncologist he couldn’t move his leg, a medical alarm bell went off. He’d received chemotherapy a week before, so his other ...

Objective Minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) are used in palliative care trials to guide sample size ...

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.

Tamrah Harris is a registered nurse and certified personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine. She is the founder and CEO of Harris Health and Wellness Communications. She has ...

Doctors and families try to find the best way to relieve the suffering of dying children. A new report from the Institute of Medicine, which advises the government on health policy, calls on the U.S.

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 ...