Palliative care provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms, and is used early in the course of illness with other therapies that are intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Palliative care intends neither to hasten nor postpone death.
Review Date: May 31, 2011
Hospice Education Institute
Find out the differences between hospice and palliative care, and when these two types of care overlap.
Review Date: May 31, 2011
Hospice Education Institute
The FDA issued a safety alert to warn patients, caregivers and health care professionals about the dangers of accidental exposure to and improper storage and disposal of the fentanyl patch. Find out how to protect children from accidental exposure.
Review Date: April 20, 2012
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Find a local hospice or palliative care program offering compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury, or call the NHPCO HelpLine at 1-800-658-8898.
Review Date: January 25, 2013
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Palliative care specializes in the relief of the pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness. This site provides information for patients and their families to help make medical decisions and choose treatments.
Review Date: July 31, 2012
The Center to Advance Palliative Care
Palliative care is comprehensive treatment of the discomfort, symptoms and stress of serious illness. You don’t have to be in hospice or at the end of life to receive palliative care.
Review Date: June 14, 2012
NIH National Institute of Nursing Research - NINR
The goal of palliative care is to prevent or treat the symptoms and side effects of the disease and its treatment, in addition to the related psychological, social, and spiritual problems. Find out how palliative care can be beneficial to patient and family health and well-being.
Review Date: June 14, 2012
NIH National Cancer Institute
This page links consumers and health care professionals to cancer information summaries related to a variety of common complications of cancer and its treatment. Topics covered include anxiety disorders, depression, nausea and vomiting, nutrition, pruritis, sleep disorders, grief and bereavement, and many more.
Review Date: December 12, 2012
NIH National Cancer Institute
Hospice is a special concept of care designed to provide comfort and support to patients and their families when a life-limiting illness no longer responds to cure-oriented treatments.
Review Date: April 12, 2011
Hospice Foundation of America
