Palliative Care in the News

2012

PR-USA, April 14 2012, The Lance Armstrong Foundation Announces Community Impact Project Award Recipients

The Diane Rehm Show, April 16, 2012, Facing Death: Choosing Quality of Life Over Aggressive Treatment, by Amy Berman

JAMA, March 27, 2012, Cancer Experts Recommend Introducing Palliative Care at Time of Diagnosis, by Mike Mitka

HealthLeaders Media, February 28, 2012, Joint Commission Issues First Palliative Care Certifications, by Cheryl Clark

AARP, January 19, 2012, Palliative Care's Healing Powers for Caregivers, Too, by Sally Abrahms

2011

Journal Sentinel, October 31, 2011, Medical field looks to comfort the ill, by Guy Boulton

AARP Bulletin, June 1, 2011, Pain Management: Palliative care is not what you think, by Karen Rafinski

The Washington Post, March 28, 2011 Hospitals increasingly offer palliative care, by Michelle Andrews

The Boston Globe, March 28, 2011 Special Needs, special care, by Joanne Kene

USA Today, Februrary 22, 2011 Palliative care prolongs life, reduces suffering, by Liz Szabo

2010

USA Weekend, The Doctors, November 21, 2010 Live Your Life Despite Illness

American Cancer Society, Dr. Len's Cancer Blog, August 20, 2010, The Unexpected Benefits of Palliative Care, by J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD, MACP

USA Today, August 19, 2010, Palliative Care Can Help Patients Live Longer, by Liz Szabo

Medscape Today, August 19, 2010 Palliative Care Improved Survival in NSCLC; Study Challenges Current Approaches, by Zosia Chustecka (subscription required)

Boston Globe, August 19, 2010Cancer strategy: Easing the burden, by Stephen Smith

The Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2010 Study: Advanced Cancer Patients Receiving Early Palliative Care Lived Longer, by Katherine Hobson

The Washington Post, August 18, 2010Study shows value of quality-of-life cancer care, by Marilynn Marchione

New York Times, August 18, 2010 Palliative Care Extends Life, Study Finds, by Donald G. McNeil, Jr.