Patients and families tell us they need information, reliable access to help, and relief from distress so they can live as well as possible with their medical condition. Palliative care is the solution.

- Diane E. Meier, MD

Early Palliative Care: Improving Quality of Life

A landmark study on the integration of palliative care during early onset of a cancer diagnosis was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Jim Windhorst, a stage IV, lung cancer patient describes how palliative care helped him cope with his illness.

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Early Palliative Care: Improving Quality of Life