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The world’s population is aging. Worldwide, 1 in every 10 persons is more than 60 years old. By year 2050, the number is expected to increase to 1 in every…

At some point, people who are diagnosed with a life-limiting condition or illness generally realize that they are in transition to something unknown, either to the process of living differently…

The team approach is crucial to palliative care, but there has been little research on the optimal structure and function of an interdisciplinary team that is responsible for caring for…

Social work is a younger profession than either medicine or nursing. Although some form of social work has been present wherever social systems have been in place, social work as…

The (nursing) profession taught me so many lessons about the fragility of life, the importance of being mindful about the way you live, the need for appreciation of life’s beauty…

This chapter describes characteristics of the Veterans Administration Health System and then considers characteristics of veterans from different war eras. It describes two specific problems that veterans receiving palliative care…

The primary goal of intensive care medicine is to attempt to save lives by supporting and normalizing physiology as much as possible during an acute life-threatening illness. Since the inception…

Many of the skills required of general medicine physicians in the day-to-day care of patients are the same as those needed for specialist palliative care. Knowing how to communicate, appreciating…

The symptoms that derive from pulmonary disease processes account for a large percentage of referrals to palliative care practices. Although most of these cases involve malignant lung disease, more than…