Palliative Care News

Black individuals in the U.S. with serious illnesses receive disproportionately poor pain management and health care communication, compared with white individuals, a focus group led by the Center to Advance Palliative Care showed.

Healio will present its fourth annual Disruptive Innovators Awards for oncology/hematology this spring.

Early receipt of palliative care appeared linked to less aggressive end-of-life care for women with ovarian cancer, according to study results.

Allison J. Applebaum, PhD, will lead the new Center for Caregiving at Mount Sinai.

Individuals with pancreatic cancer underutilized palliative care and mental health services, according to a retrospective analysis.

Advancing equitable access to palliative care will require interdisciplinary collaboration and effective communication, according to several leaders in the field.

The addition of lorazepam to haloperidol reduced symptoms of agitated delirium among individuals with advanced cancers, according to study findings.

Guidelines for cannabis and prescription opioid use in the management of cancer-associated pain should reflect changing patient attitudes toward these approaches, according to study findings.

Clinicians in acute or post-acute care settings may delay or avoid serious illness conversations with patients whose cancer prognoses are worsening out of deference to the patient’s oncologist, according to study findings.