Early Experiences in Establishing a Palliative Care–Integrated Paracentesis Clinic - Shanup Dalal,...

Background: Recurrent ascites is a debilitating complication of malignancy and cirrhosis that frequently leads to hospital admissions. Palliative care is well p...

Methylene Blue Oral Rinse for Cancer-Related Oral Mucositis Pain #540 - Erik S. Carlson, Robert...

A Pilot Study of an Information Sheet Intervention to Support Surrogate Decision Making About...

Background: Aspiration pneumonia is a common complication of advanced dementia that can lead to respiratory failure requiring decisions about mechanical ventila...

Art Gallery Advocacy: Raising Awareness About the Full Lives of Children with Medical Complexity -...

Introduction: Children with medical complexity (CMC) are often underrepresented in society. Objective: To describe the creation and evaluation of a rotating ar...

Fast Fact and Concepts: Adjustment Disorder in Patients with Serious Illness #539 - Carmen C....

Songwriting in Medical Music Therapy in Pediatric Palliative Care: Case-Based Clinical Insight from...

Objective: Children receiving pediatric palliative care (PPC) have complex, multidimensional needs requiring an integrative and person-centered approach. Althou...

Journal of Palliative Medicine - Volume 29, Number 10

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Palliative Social Workers’ Contributions to Cultivating Prognostic Awareness: A Qualitative Study...

Background: Prognostic awareness is central to informed, value-concordant care for patients with serious illness. Although often conceptualized as cognitive und...

Strengthening Capacity in Primary Palliative Care: A Scoping Review from Latin America and the...

Introduction: Primary palliative care (PPC) is widely recognized as essential for equitable palliative care access, yet evidence on its integration across Latin...

Distress Screening and Pediatric Palliative Care Referral: A Retrospective Case–Control Study in...

Background/Objectives: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) reduces distressing symptoms and improves quality of life for children with cancer and their caregivers. ...

Predictors and Outcomes of Palliative Care Consultation in Veterans Hospitalized with Alcohol-Ass...

Background: Acute alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) carries a high mortality risk. Little is known about utilization of specialty palliative care (PC) consultat...

Health Plan Incentive Program to Improve Access to and Treatment of Palliative Appropriate Patients...

Background: Health plans utilize various strategies, including benefits, network design, incentive programs, payment reform, and medical policy, to enhance the ...

Evaluating the Palliative Performance Scale and Palliative Prognostic Index as Objective Tools to...

Background: In the Netherlands, eligibility for reimbursed end-of-life care is based on an estimated life expectancy of less than three months, despite the well...

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Collaborating with Consultation-Liaison...

Palliative care (PC) and consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry are complementary clinical disciplines that frequently care for the same patients facing serious i...

Admission Surprise Question Response and Its Association with Advance Care Planning Documentation...

Background: The Surprise Question (SQ) asks providers, “Would you be surprised if this patient died in the next year?”. It is a tool that was developed to help ...

More than a medical decision: what relatives and healthcare professionals experience during...

At the EAPC’s 20th World Congress in Prague, the Journal of Palliative Medicine announced their Paper of the Year 2025. This was awarded to Michaël Van der Elst and his colleagues for their paper ‘…

Letter: Notes from Middle America—on the Absence of Palliative Care - Emily Pinto Taylor, 2026

“It Is Within the Gift of Filmmakers and TV Producers to Educate Society on the Living that Happens...

Background: Given the increasing prevalence of children and young people with life-limiting conditions (CYP LLC), media plays a pivotal role in shaping public u...