For patients with advanced cancer, palliative care should start early and be an integral part of treatment, not just something added on near the end of life, according to a new practice guideline from ...

The latest edition of the National Consensus Project's (NCP's) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care has just been released. The guidelines emphasize the importance of ...

Not enough patients are able to access palliative care at the end of their lives because there aren't enough providers offering it to meet their needs. So, the National Coalition for Hospice and ...

While the palliative care field continues to grow, hospitals are urged to follow updated clinical practice guidelines from the National Consensus Project for Palliative Care (NCP) to improve ...

The time to start palliative care is as soon as a patient's cancer becomes advanced, emphasize the authors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Clinical Practice Guideline Update. The ...

Palliative care and its definition have continued to evolve during the past 20 years. In 1990, the World Health Organization established one of the first widely used definitions: “the active, total ...

This clinical insights article is derived from recommendations in Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer: ASCO Guideline. This document is based on an ASCO Guideline and is not intended to ...

Progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) requires earlier, structured palliative care discussions, yet implementation remains inconsistent.

During this Insights interview with Genevieve Kumapley, PharmD, BCOP, on the Use of Oral Oncolytics in Palliative Care, part of the Oncology Stakeholders Summit, Spring 2015 series, Dr Kumapley ...

OBJECTIVE: To report the multidisciplinary developmental process of a comfort care guideline for the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) addressing palliative care measures in a tertiary academic ...

Revised palliative care guidelines enhance local body services, ensuring comprehensive support for all patients across urban and rural areas.