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What is palliative care?

The moment a person is diagnosed with a disease or illness is life-changing for both patients and their families. Thanks to the tireless efforts of medical researchers, many conditions, including diseases like cancer, are now routinely discovered in their earliest stages, which greatly improves patients’ prognoses.

While medical care typically focuses on treating and curing a disease or illness, so…

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