Background: Palliative care programs in the United States are becoming more integrated with oncology outpatient practices. Objectives: This article offers a condensed review of available literature on the usefulness of palliative care in the oncology clinic setting and a case study to illustrate...

Most Americans prefer their home as a place of death, but most die in the hospital acute care setting. Nurses are the major providers of hospital-based end-of-life care; therefore, it is imperative to identify family preferences for nursing support during the end of life. An initiative was...

The rise in noncommunicable diseases and initiation of cancer treatment in Bhutan, combined with a global recognition of the need for palliative care, led the country’s Ministry of Health to identify the need for palliative care. A team of nurses at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital...

Purpose: To explore palliative care and oncology clinicians’ perspectives on current challenges and facilitating factors in meeting the spiritual needs of patients with lung cancer and family caregivers. This study was conducted in preparation for a community-based lung cancer palliative care...