The Deane K. Corliss Palliative and Supportive Care Lecture Series is made possible through a gift by Deane Corliss and the Corliss family. Deane was an attorney and health policy expert whose ...

BENNINGTON, VT—March 14, 2018—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) and Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) will partner to present a “Medicine Today” lecture about palliative ...

Future family nurse practitioner Parag Raychoudhury considers her college’s emphasis on palliative care training as essential. “Palliative care isn’t just about death and dying,” she said. “Any ...

Dr. Mary Kae Eckert and Amy Tremblay, BSN, RN, CHPN, recently spoke about palliative care and its role with assisting patients and their families during a medical crisis at a “What’s Up Doc?” ...

MPS Art Therapy presents a lecture on palliative care, a rapidly growing field of medicine that is particularly well-suited for collaboration with art therapists. In this virtual presentation, Ian ...

Change in quality of life of metastatic breast cancer patients seeking treatment at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Discuss uncertain scan/lab findings with a patient 3.3 3.9 0.6 0.089 ...

Editor’s note: The following post, on palliative care in the long term setting, is authored by Mary Ersek and David Stevenson (photos and linked bios above) and by Justine Sefcik, MS, RN, a fourth ...

Nursing home residents could greatly benefit from expanded access to palliative care, but providers need more access to standardized tools, staff education and relationships with clinicians to make ...

Over the last decade, great strides have been made in cancer treatment, oncology and palliative care across chronic and life-limiting illnesses, however, a shortage of cancer and palliative care ...

A lack of end-of-life training may leave certified nurse assistants unprepared to work with patients receiving palliative or hospice care, but nursing homes must do more to cross-train and build their ...