Medical societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, recommend that patients with advanced cancer receive palliative care soon after diagnosis and receive hospice care for at least ...

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 ...

Patients who receive aggressive anti-cancer treatments near the end of life are more likely to end up in the emergency department and less likely to elect hospice, according to a new study published ...

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has partnered with Clearwater, Fla.-based Empath Health to offer inpatient hospice services at its Magnolia Campus. Moffitt care teams will continue to care for ...

Most hospice programs do not offer access to blood transfusions. In a survey of blood cancer patients, access to palliative blood transfusions was of greatest importance when considering enrollment in ...

Physicians are modestly more likely to die at home or hospice compared with other highly educated occupational groups, other health care practitioners, and the general population, according to a brief ...

For families whose children are in hospice care, time is precious and sometimes the simplest wish can mean everything. In Green Country, trash bags full of aluminum cans are helping make those wishes ...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is launching the Bring Care Closer campaign to urge Ontario and other provincial governments to build new hospice residences, so ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – The Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara is proud to announce that it has awarded a $25,000 grant to Hospice ...

Getting a cancer diagnosis can be devastating. And when I was growing up, it often meant little hope of successful treatment or management. Modern research has changed that for many patients.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — One Valley man has made a difference in times of need for those who may be losing hope by donating thousands of gift cards, and that’s Something Good. Jeff Lewis volunteers with ...