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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 5

07 May 2007

$1.5 Million Awarded For Palliative Care Research

Pioneering Nurse Prescribing Programme Brings Pain Relief To The Dying

05 May 2007

African-American And Hispanic Patients Receive Less Palliative And Lifesaving Treatment

03 May 2007

People Should Be Helped To Die At Home, Say Experts

30 April 2007

Palliative Care Likely To Become Important As Population Ages

25 March 2007

In Palliative Medicine Morphine Kills Pain, Not Patients

22 March 2007

New Research Finds Patients Do Live Longer Under Hospice Care

14 March 2007

Minorities More Likely Than Whites To Seek Aggressive End-of-Life Care, Studies Find

10 March 2007

Do Doctors Understand That Morphine Kills Pain, Not Patients?

03 March 2007

Using Morphine To Hasten Death Is A Myth, Says Doctor

24 February 2007

Study Confirms Normal Patterns Of Grief, Highlights Yearning

11 February 2007

Greater Attention Should Be Shown To Spiritual Needs Of People With Advanced Cancer

08 February 2007

Relationship Of Neonatologists' End Of Life Decisions To Their Personal Fear Of Death

31 January 2007

Center To Advance Palliative Care Launches New Web Site, USA

25 January 2007

New Pennsylvania Law Defines End-of-life Care Decision Making Process

12 January 2007

Half Of All Countries Have No Formalized End-of-Life Care, New Report Finds

10 January 2007

Hopeful Nurses Are More Comfortable, Condident In Caring For Dying Children

Caregiving For Those At End Of Life Rewarding Despite Challenges, Survey Finds

07 January 2007

End-Of-Life Care: Bioethical Perspectives And Conflict Resolution

01 January 2007

Costs Of Long-Course Palliative Radiotherapy Acceptable In Late-Stage Lung Cancer

12 December 2006

Palliative Care Programs In Hospitals Continue Rapid Growth

07 December 2006

Palliative Care Improvements Needed As Baby Boomers Age

New Research Helps Patients With Blood Cancers

04 December 2006

Blacks, Whites Divided On End-Of-Life Treatment

01 December 2006

How Much Will Herceptin Really Cost?

30 November 2006

FHSSA Marks World AIDS Day With Release Of Palliative Care Guide

22 November 2006

End-of-life Care Decision-making Bill Passes Pennsylvania Legislature

16 November 2006

Hospitals Often Provide More End-of-Life Care Than Necessary

Hospice Usage In US Reaches Record Numbers Reports NHPCO

04 November 2006

Improving Quality Of End-Of-Life Care

02 November 2006

$5 Million NCI Grant To Study Impact Of Palliative Care Programs Received By Mount Sinai

23 October 2006

USA Today Series Examines End-of-Life Care

17 October 2006

National Quality Forum Endorses Consensus Standards For Symptom Management And End-of-life Care For Patients With Cancer

08 October 2006

Support For Palliative Care In Radiotherapy Using E-health

18 September 2006

Many Kidney Specialists Feel Unprepared For End-of-Life Decisions

17 September 2006

Patients Poorly Prepared For End-of-life Decisions, National Study Reports

14 September 2006

UK Government Announces £50m Funding Boost For Hospices And End Of Life Care

25 August 2006

Nursing-Home Hospice Care Reduces End-of-Life Hospitalizations

17 July 2006

National Institute For Jewish Hospice Certifies VITAS Innovative Hospice Care(R) Of Atlanta

15 July 2006

Intensive Care Spending May Spiral As Population Ages, Mayo Clinic Study Finds

29 June 2006

Hospitalists And Palliative Care: A Natural Alliance

28 June 2006

Assisted Dying: Should It Be Legal?

25 June 2006

Drug Laws Restricting Pain Medicines Set To Be Relaxed In Romania

30 May 2006

New Guidance For Care Homes Launched, UK

04 May 2006

'A Palliative Ethic Of Care' - Pioneering Book For End-Of-Life Care

30 April 2006

RCN Response To Dignity In Dying Statement On Assisted Dying

27 April 2006

Treatment Preferences For End-of-Life Care Changes With Time And Declining Health

26 April 2006

End-of-life Treatment Preferences May Change As Health Declines

12 April 2006

End Of Life Care Progress Report, UK Department Of Health

13 March 2006

The Everything-Else Doctors - Palliative Care

06 March 2006

How, Not Where, You Die Matters Most To Terminal Patients

23 February 2006

Survival Guide For Palliative Care RNs

15 February 2006

Developing End-of-life Model For Public Health - Center Launches Project With Centers For Disease Control

23 January 2006

Palliative Radiation Actually A Cure For Some Lung Cancer Patients

27 December 2005

Out-of-hours Services For Palliative Care Need To Be Appropriately Integrated And Resourced

19 December 2005

Improving Coping Skills Benefits Family Caregivers Of Hospice Patients With Cancer

Recommendations For Artificial Nutrition And Hydration, University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine

13 December 2005

Palliative Care Programs Surging Trend In US Hospitals

02 December 2005

Morphine May Help In The Final Stage Of Life For Patients With Breathing Difficulties

20 November 2005

Improving the Transition to End-of-Life Care

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