Palliative care is a subspecialty treating serious illnesses in patients and helping them and their families adjust to what often becomes a chronic illness which worsens. The definition of “aggressive” is open to debate, and needs to be carefully defined by patients, families, and providers. There are also racial and ethnic differences in access to palliative care and in end of life care. Pediatric Palliative Care - Rare DiseasesParticularly for young patients like those with progressive rare diseases or cancer, palliative care would be better if started earlier. I applaud Dr. Puri’s efforts to encourage palliative care early in the course of a disease.

Source: Forbes March 02, 2019 12:00 UTC