Demystifying Palliative Care to Improve Patient Symptom Management and Quality of Life
A commentary published in Nature Reviews Nephrology argues that persistent misconceptions about palliative care may limit its integration in nephrology, despite the heavy symptom burden faced by people with advanced kidney disease. The authors discuss that palliative care can be provided alongside disease-directed treatment, that nephrology and palliative care teams share the common goal of improving patient quality of life, and that collaborative care models have demonstrated improved outcomes for this population.