While community-based palliative care (CBPC) programs have been expanding, there
remain important obstacles to widespread use. Since provider perspectives on CBPC …

Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome characterized by a decline in physical and cognitive
abilities and an increased vulnerability to stressors such as illnesses and injuries. As the …

Introduction: As the field of palliative medicine continues to grow in community-based
settings, outpatient palliative care clinics have become an important site for providing …

Background Home-based palliative care (HBPC) programs are proliferating across the US,
yet face significant, documented challenges in promoting uptake of services and sustaining …

While it is a good thing that modern medicine allows people to live longer and postpone
disability due to chronic illness, there has been a relative lack of focus on how to support …

Escalating cancer expenditures are a major challenge that takes a significant toll on society,
patients, providers, payers, and employers. Just as the causes of these rising costs are …

The 2006 Institute of Medicine (IOM) consensus study report From Cancer Patient to Cancer
Survivor: Lost in Transition made recommendations to improve the quality of care that …

To the Editor: Nearly everyone in the United States will experience at least one serious
illness in their lifetime; however, not all will receive the same quality of serious illness care …