SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Springfield city officials joined Mercy Medical Center for a tour of the upcoming Andy Yee Memorial Palliative Care Unit. Patients who are severely sick or coming to their ...

Palliative care for inoperable biliary tract cancer (BTC) reduces the use of aggressive chemotherapy at the end of life as well as the risk of death in the emergency department (ED) or intensive care ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Mercy Medical Center in Springfield has just opened its new Palliative Care Unit, the first in western Massachusetts. City of Springfield will celebrate its 389th birthday ...

The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City recently opened a new palliative care unit led by Diane Meier, MD. The unit is designed to provide a dedicated area in the hospital for patients needing ...

This article is part of a series on transforming health systems published with support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms ...

Patients who are in need of palliative care and extra symptom management as they recover from being critically ill or are nearing end of life can now take advantage of the services at NYC Health + ...

Approximately 25,000 children require palliative care in Spain. However, the Spanish Association of Paediatrics reports that only 15%-20% of these children receive effective care. Despite a surge in ...

Cognition and quality of life after chemotherapy plus radiotherapy (RT) vs. RT for pure and mixed anaplastic oligodendrogliomas: Radiation therapy oncology group trial 9402 No significant financial ...