palliative-care

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Palliative and supportive care can help provide comprehensive pain relief, protect your airway, and improve your emotional well-being.

When used thoughtfully, ketamine may be a powerful tool in veterinary hospice and palliative care, allowing clinicians to re-establish comfort, reassess patient baseline, and recalibrate daily pain management strategies with greater accuracy.

People with a comprehensive understanding of palliative care are more likely to prefer end-of-life care at home or in a hospice. Among individuals with less understanding about palliative care, hospital care is preferred. These are some of the findings from a Swedish population-level study.

People with a comprehensive understanding of palliative care are more likely to prefer end-of-life care at home or in a hospice. Among individuals with less understanding about palliative care, hospital care is preferred.

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J Pain Symptom Manage. 2026 Aug 19:S0885-3924(26)00954-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2026.08.011. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) clinicians increasingly care for patients with serious illness and prolonged opioid exposure, yet often report limited training managing consequences like opioid misuse or opioid use disorder (OUD). Little is known about c…

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BackgroundPalliative care offers solace, mitigates pain, and enhances quality of life. However, individuals with mental diseases have inadequate access to palliative care and encounter various barriers during the process. As the need for palliative care is expected to rise significantly in the future, palliative care must be considered a global health priority for healthcare professionals to upgr…

For over three decades, Jean Kutner , MD, MSPH, distinguished professor of medicine at CU Anschutz School of Medicine , has provided and studied palliative care – specialized medical care that focuses on improving quality of life and reducing suffering for people with serious illness and their caregivers.

An ACS study published in JAMA Network Open finds palliative care remains underused among young adults with advanced cancer. Despite increased use over time, only 18.3% received palliative care in 2023, underscoring the need to expand access to supportive care services.