Palliative Care
Palliative Care
Surgical palliative care – 20 years on
The focus of palliative care as understood by surgeons has broadened considerably, encouraged by the gradual public acceptance of palliative...
Palliative Care
The opioid epidemic, surgeons, and palliative care
Recent public and professional attention to what is now called the opioid epidemic has obvious implications for surgery and palliative care....
Commentary
Palliative care ‘in my hands’
The disconnect between palliative care and critical care services has been previously perceived as an education and access issue, not an outcome...
Palliative Care
Transplantation palliative care: The time is ripe
Integration of palliative care into the field of transplantation has long been needed to effectively care for transplant patients and their...
Commentary
Advance care planning discussions: Talk is no longer cheap
What many surgeons may not fully appreciate is how routine communication events can fall under the general category of advance care planning.
Palliative Care
Neurosurgery at the End of Life
Palliative Care
We hold the pen, but who writes the story?
Palliative Care
Lessons from our dying patients
Commentary
Addressing pain at the end of life
Commentary
