I heartily agree withThompson that the time has come to resolve the" turf dispute" and
ensure that optimal control of pain and other symptoms is provided to all patients with …

Approximately 500,000 people die of cancer in the United States each year. Most attention
has focused on curative approaches to cancer management. Despite the fact that 80% of …

Palliative care, which neither hastens death nor prolongs life, provides comfort through the
final stages of life. The focus is on comfort for the patient and quality of life for both patient …

“As for their patients, they need to know that the level of supportive and palliative care
services is extremely variable and much less reliable than other cancer programs such as …

The number of patients per year diagnosed with cancer continues to increase dramatically;
this growth is predicted to persist into the twenty-first century. Palliative care, working in con …

The patient knew she was going to die soon, perhaps in a few days, but her pain was well
controlled and she was spending the warm afternoon in the garden, enjoying one of the last …

The past 2 decades in the United States have witnessed major developments in palliative
care. Despite major advances in the early detection and treatment of cancer, more than …

Patients with advanced diseases, both cancer and noncancer, experience high symptom
prevalence and psychosocial distress. Multiple unmet needs in the physical, psychosocial …

FREDERICK I. BURGE, MD, CCFP ntil recently, physicians and medicine have neglected
the dying. Evidence for this lies in the previously ignored hospital and home cancer patients …

The developmentof multidisciplinary palliative care services offers community cancer
centers the opportunity to: s Improve their quality of care and patient satisfaction s Provide …