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The Journal of Palliative Medicine (JPM) is the journal of both the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. JPM covers aspects of end of life medical care. Until 2008, JPMt was the official journal of the American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Living with ageing and dying: palliative and end of life care for older people. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-56993-9. Payne, Sheila; Seymour, Jane; Ingleton, Christine, eds. (2008). Palliative care nursing: principles and evidence for practice (2nd ed.). Open University Press. ISBN 9780335236466.
The European Journal of Palliative Care is the official journal of the European Association for Palliative Care. It published articles on the latest advances in palliative care in Europe and facilitatated communication between healthcare professionals working in the field. [1] The founding editor was Geoffrey Hanks. [2]
Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, meaning "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimising quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. [1] Within the published literature, many definitions of palliative care exist.
Palliative care got its start as hospice care delivered largely by caregivers at religious institutions. The first formal hospice was founded in 1948 by the British physician Dame Cicely Saunders in order to care for patients with terminal illnesses. [2] She defined key physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of distress in her work.
The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal that covers the field of health care. The editor-in-chief is Robert E. Enck (East Tennessee State University). It was established in 1984 and is published by SAGE Publications.
The Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering advances in acute, chronic, and end-of-life symptom management. It is published by Informa Healthcare and the editor in chief is Arthur G. Lipman (University of Utah Health Sciences Center).
The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) was a care pathway in the United Kingdom (excluding Wales) covering palliative care options for patients in the final days or hours of life. It was developed to help doctors and nurses provide quality end-of-life care , to transfer quality end-of-life care from the hospice to hospital setting.