Hospice care can be a valuable resource for patients with late-stage cancer who want to improve the quality of the rest of their life. Hospice — which is sometimes referred to as end-of-life care — ...

A hospice has warned it is having to turn away dying patients each week because of a funding crisis. Prospect Hospice, based ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 4, 2021 when the researchers shared data from two studies at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. It has been ...

Researchers surveyed patients with blood cancer regarding what they value as the most important service in their hospice care.

Hospice care emphasizes quality of life and dignity for terminal patients, distinct from palliative care, which can begin at any cancer stage. Disparities in hospice access arise from insurance, ...

Most people are not familiar with the value hospice can provide in the last months, weeks or days of life. There is no need to be afraid of hospice, and healthcare providers should encourage their ...

Palliative principles were applied to the care of more HH patients than non-HH patients, but no differences were found in their utilization of healthcare services. Three to 6 months after the deaths ...

Getting a cancer diagnosis can be devastating. And when I was growing up, it often meant little hope of successful treatment ...