Identifying the Effective Components of Palliative Care

Palliative care can be offered with life-prolonging therapies and is appropriate at any point in a serious illness.

Palliative care can be offered with life-prolonging therapies and is appropriate at any point in a serious illness. Benefits of palliative care include increased patient and caregiver satisfaction, lower costs, and improved quality of life and clinical outcomes. Few studies, however, have compared different palliative care delivery models to assess their effect on outcomes.

From the Archives of Internal Medicine, April 12, 2011
Authors:
Dr. Diane Meier, Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Director, Center to Advance Palliative Care, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Dr. Emily Chai, Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Clinical Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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