PALLIATIVE CARE ARTICLES

Current articles discussing the benefits of Palliative Care:

Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, from The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice in San Diego, Calif., moderated a roundtable discussion on new fentanyl products, oxymorphone, buprenorphine and new morphine-naltrexone products.

Palliative Care Education: Focusing on Care and Not Just Disease

The Institute for Palliative Medicine (IPM) in San Diego, residents are training for one of the most essential aspects of medicine: caring for seriously ill patients.

Palliative Care: Relieves Severe Symptoms & Provides Better Patient Outcomes

A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that patients who received early palliative care had "significant improvements in both quality of life and mood compared to patients receiving standard care."

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