Los Angeles Wildfires, Climate Change, and Palliative Care: A Call to Action
California wildfires highlight the urgent role of palliative care in protecting vulnerable patients and building climate-resilient health care.
Words Have Power: Strategies to Reduce Stigmatizing Language in Palliative Care Documentation
Five strategies that clinicians can adopt today to ensure clinical documentation is free of stigmatizing language—to promote patient-centered care and reduce health disparities.
Navigating Neuropathy: How to Treat Neuropathic Pain in People with Serious Illness
The ins and outs of neuropathy in serious illness—including causes, common treatments, and four tips for navigating the path forward with patients.
Consultation Etiquette: 3 Essential Tips for Building Trust with Referring Clinicians
How to build trust and collaborate with referring clinicians to ensure shared patients receive the best possible care.
Introducing a New Paradigm for Supporting Family Caregivers
Caregiver advocate, Dr. Allison Applebaum, outlines the tremendous impact of caregiving—plus five steps clinicians can take right now to support family caregivers in their practice.
From RN to MD: Reflections on Interprofessional Communication from a Palliative Care Physician
Dr. Courtney Wagner reflects on her journey from nurse to physician, emphasizing the important role of communication in patient care and team collaboration.
In Case You Missed It: 12 On-Demand Events, Courses, and More (Summer 2024)
A review of CAPC resources from Summer 2024—plus, a special announcement.
All About Massage Therapy and How it Fits Into Palliative Care
A tenured massage therapist shares the benefits of massage therapy—and offers 5 practical steps for integrating this discipline onto your palliative care team.
Embracing the Beauty and Tension of Miracle Language
A chaplain explains the powerful role of miracle language for patients and families—and shares how to welcome it into your practice.
3 Proactive Strategies for Retaining a Passionate Palliative Care Team
Simple steps that palliative care leaders can take to encourage team engagement and inclusivity, and help identify risks of unexpected departures.
How to Build Bridges Between Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Teams
An occupational therapist and a palliative care physician discuss their teams' shared goals and collaborative efforts to improve quality of life for patients.
4 Ways Palliative Care Can Move Forward in the Post-Dobbs Era
A perinatal palliative care leader reveals the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade—and shares four ways that palliative care clinicians can keep moving forward.