A new review says palliative care’s association with end of life has created an “identity problem” that means the majority of patients facing a serious illness do not benefit from treatment of the physical and psychological symptoms that occur throughout their disease. The authors say palliative care should be initiated at the same time as standard medical care for patients with serious illnesses, and not brought up only after treatment has failed. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Parikh RB, et al. Early specialty palliative care - translating data in oncology into practice. N Engl J Med. 2013 Dec 12;369(24):2347-51. PMID: 24328469
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