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Study: Terminally ill put off talk of hospice
Even when they're clearly at death's door, patients tend to put off conversations about end-of-life decisions, according to a new Harvard Medical School study. The study found that only about half of... Read more...
Survey says: Hospitals not treating pain sufficiently
Hospitals are not treating pain as well as they could, says a new survey out today from the New England Journal of Medicine. The survey, which was done in hospitals from 40 major metropolitan areas,... Read more...
Report measures U.S. palliative care quality
Palliative care, which focuses on improving the quality of life for patients with serious illnesses, was first recognized as a specialty in Great Britain in the late 1980s. Since then, the discipline... Read more...
