| The typical model of cancer palliative care might not suit people who have a gradual, progressive decline with unpredictable exacerbations. |
| The management of pain from gastric carcinoma follows established palliative care practice. |
| In effect he found that feeding via intravenous drip constitutes medical treatment, not palliative care. |
| Such prescriptions may affect two thirds of inpatients in specialist palliative care units. |
| Optimising quality of life before a timely, dignified, and peaceful death are the primary aims of palliative care. |
| Their comments illustrate how difficult and controversial paediatric palliative care still is. |
