Early palliative care can improve quality of life in advanced cancer40 Early palliative care improved overall health or quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced cancer after 18 weeks, according to JAMA network opened. In addition, the researchers found no significant improvements in quality of life at 12 and 24 weeks. The results also […]
The ninth season of the Fixing Healthcare podcast dealt with difficult topics surrounding the end of life and … (+) taught important life lessons. getty As a physician, I have been at the end of many lives and have witnessed the profound anguish that families endure in the final moments of a loved one. While […]
In February 2023, former President Jimmy Carter, then 98, announced that he would forgo further medical procedures and instead spend the rest of his time in hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter had been hospitalized briefly in recent years for a variety of health reasons, including liver surgery and cancer. Tributes began […]
