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The Challenges of Caregiving: Isn't It Time We Stopped Just Admiring the Problem?
Commentary argues it is time for palliative care programs to move beyond recognizing the caregiving crisis and take concrete action to screen, document, and support family caregivers.
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for People with Interstitial Lung Diseases
What palliative care clinicians need to know about delivering comprehensive care to people living with interstitial lung diseases.
Cost Implication of a Community-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Program
Study finds a community-based pediatric palliative care program maintains or reduces health care utilization and costs for children with serious illness.
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CAPC Launches Health Equity in Action
Learn more about CAPC's curated collection of evidence-based interventions and an upcoming webinar, in honor of National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month.
Co-Utilization of Clinical Ethics and Palliative Care Consultations in Hospitalized Patients
Study finds clinical ethics and palliative care consultations are frequently used together among the most clinically complex hospitalized patients.
Parent Perspectives on Optimal Communication About a New Prenatal Diagnosis of Complex CHD
Study finds parents prioritize empathic communication and realistic expectations when clinicians discuss uncertainty after a prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease.
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for People with Interstitial Lung Diseases
What palliative care clinicians need to know about delivering comprehensive care to people living with interstitial lung diseases.
The Challenges of Caregiving: Isn't It Time We Stopped Just Admiring the Problem?
Commentary argues it is time for palliative care programs to move beyond recognizing the caregiving crisis and take concrete action to screen, document, and support family caregivers.
Psychotherapy for Patients Receiving Palliative and Hospice Care: A Systematic Review
Systematic review finds psychotherapy is well-tolerated but inconsistently improves mental health outcomes for people receiving palliative care.
Cost Implication of a Community-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Program
Study finds a community-based pediatric palliative care program maintains or reduces health care utilization and costs for children with serious illness.
A Framework for the Field: Responding to Climate Change and Its Impacts on Patients
Building on earlier CAPC coverage, a new journal article proposes a formal framework for how HPM professionals can respond to climate change on behalf of people living with serious illness.
Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Communication Quality in Tele-Palliative Care
Study finds telehealth can support high-quality communication and offer meaningful access to outpatient palliative care for people living with serious illness, and their families.
A Sentiment-Based Comparison of AI- and Physician-Generated Empathic Statements in Palliative Care
Study finds people living with cancer preferred AI-generated empathic statements over those from palliative care physicians, with positive language identified as a potential driver of that preference.
Demystifying Palliative Care to Improve Patient Symptom Management and Quality of Life
How addressing misconceptions about palliative care could improve its integration in nephrology and better support people with advanced kidney disease.
Top Ten Tips for Caring for Seriously Ill Patients with Stimulant Use Disorder
What palliative care clinicians need to know about providing high-quality, nonjudgmental care to seriously ill patients with stimulant use disorder.
