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The latest Palliative Care News & Hospice Care News articles published daily. Includes news on medical care that focusses on disease symptoms - preventing and relieving suffering to improve quality of life for people facing serious, complex illnesses and those nearing the end of their lives.

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Palliative Care / Hospice Care News Articles Archive - Page 4

09 June 2008

Florida Newspapers Examine Competitive Bidding, Palliative Care Issues Related To Medicare

08 June 2008

Among Medicare Beneficiaries At The End Of Life, Hospital Utilization Reduced By Primary Care Visits

06 June 2008

Woman Challenges Assisted Suicide Law In Historic Legal Case, UK

02 June 2008

Racial Differences In Terminal Cancer Care

29 May 2008

As Population Ages And Need For Palliative Care Grows, Experts Tackle New Challenge For The First Time At European Meeting

27 May 2008

Lack Of Basic Infrastructure: A Massive Obstacle For Indigenous Australians Who Want To Die In Homelands

23 May 2008

World Hospice And Palliative Care Day, UK

22 May 2008

ICU Physicians Less Likely To Discuss Prognoses With African American Patients

21 May 2008

COPD Patients Benefit More From Pulmonary Rehab In Earlier Stages

University Responds To Need To Educate Geriatric Specialists

14 May 2008

End-Stage Dementia Patients Deserve The Same Access To Palliative Care As People With Cancer

13 May 2008

Alzheimer' S Society Comment On A Review Of Palliative Care Published In The May Issue Of Journal Of Clinical Nursing, UK

28 April 2008

Efforts Address Cultural Competency, Cancer, Hospice Care And Health Disparities Among Minority Populations

End-Of-Life Treatment Decisions Complicated By False Memories

25 April 2008

Palliative Care Is The Area Of Health Care In Which Doctors Can Make The Greatest Difference To Their Patients

Taking The Fear Away From Dying

18 April 2008

In Belgium, Euthanasia And Palliative Care Work Together

16 April 2008

United Health Foundation And Aging With Dignity Win National Healthcare Consumer Advocacy Award For 500,000 Wishes Campaign

15 April 2008

American Thoracic Society Clinical Policy Statement On Palliative Care

New Analysis Shows Hospitals Continue To Implement Palliative Care Programs At Rapid Pace

14 April 2008

Gaps In Service Revealed By National Hospice Study

11 April 2008

Letter To The Editor, Editorial Address Study On End-of-Life Hospital Spending For Medicare Beneficiaries

09 April 2008

Humour Plays An Important Role In Healthcare Even When Patients Are Terminally Ill, UK

08 April 2008

End-of-Life Hospital Spending For Medicare Beneficiaries With Chronic Health Conditions Varies Widely, Study Finds

04 April 2008

Hospice: Questions To Help Select Care Providers At Life's End

13 March 2008

Health Services Must Provide A Good Quality Of Death, Not Just Life

03 March 2008

Booklet Aims To Educate Blacks About End-of-Life Care; UCLA Launches Network To Study Disparities

27 February 2008

Marie Curie End Of Life Service Under Threat, UK

26 February 2008

Antibiotics Frequently Given To Patients With Advanced Dementia

20 February 2008

Welcome For New Strategy To Help Life-Limited Children, UK

12 February 2008

Survey Finds Care Undermined By Doctors' Uncertainty About Approaches To Care For Heart Failure Patients

07 February 2008

Feelings Of Mistrust, Preference For Curative Treatment Influence Blacks' Perception Of Hospice Care, Study Shows

24 January 2008

Cancer And End-Of-Life Care Research To Receive Boost From New Professional Doctorate, UK

23 January 2008

Conference Unites Hospice And Palliative Care Providers

15 January 2008

Guidelines To Improve Care Of Three Symptoms At End Of Life Issued By Internal Medicine Organization

07 January 2008

Center To Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) Launches New Discussion Forum, USA

25 December 2007

New UIC Center To Study End-of-life Transition

11 December 2007

Morphine: A Comfort Measure For The Dying Or Pain Control For The Living?

10 December 2007

Leading Campaign Group, Dignity In Dying, Calling For The Right To Die With Dignity To Mark Human Rights Day, UK

04 December 2007

Letters To Editor Address New York Times Hospice Article

23 November 2007

Help The Aged Welcomes New Research On End Of Life Care And Calls On Government To Secure Dignity In Death And Dying, UK

16 November 2007

Hospice Care Proven To Benefit Patients, Families And Medicare's Bottom Line, USA

15 November 2007

Mental Health Patients Disadvantaged In Access To Appropriate End-of-life Care, Australia

04 November 2007

Token Resuscitation Attempts On Hopelessly Ill Patients Prolongs Suffering

26 October 2007

NICE Must Rethink Denying Abatacept, Says Patient-voice Organisation Arthritis Care, UK

31 August 2007

Alzheimer's Association Releases Dementia Care Practice Recommendations For End-Of-Life Care

18 August 2007

More Research Required In Pediatric Pain Relief And Palliative Care

16 August 2007

More Pediatric Palliative Care Research Needed

02 August 2007

Complications Arising In The Final Year Of Life In Men Dying From Advanced Prostate Cancer

01 August 2007

Alzheimer's Society comments on 'Love's Farewell' - a film about Dementia

Ease Pain Or Prolong Life? Study Explores Compassionate End-Of-Life Care

27 July 2007

Clinicians Offered New Guide To Help Maintain Patients' Dignity

13 July 2007

Study Finds Rural Indigenous People Prefer To Die At Home, Australia

06 July 2007

Hospitals Increasingly Use Palliative Care To Improve Patients' Quality Of Life, Reduce Costs

04 July 2007

Study Shows 1 In 10 Hospice Patients Referred 'Too Late'

27 June 2007

Terminally Ill Patients: Who Takes The Decision About Withdrawing Medical Treatment?

17 June 2007

Early Palliative Care Linked To Shorter Stays In Intensive Care

14 June 2007

NICE Decision 'Fantastic' - Lifeline Given To Thousands, Says Arthritis Care, UK

12 June 2007

Trial Results With Intranasal Fentanyl Hold Promise For Treatment Of Breakthrough Pain In Cancer

01 June 2007

Pain And Palliative Medicine

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