Palliative Care

"Palliative Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)

Descriptor ID	D010166
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.666 N02.421.585.666
Concept/Terms	Palliative Care Palliative Care Care, Palliative Therapy, Palliative Palliative Therapy Palliative Treatment Palliative Treatments Treatment, Palliative Treatments, Palliative Palliative Surgery Palliative Surgery Surgery, Palliative

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Palliative Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Palliative Care [E02.760.666]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Palliative Care [N02.421.585.666]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Palliative Care".

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Bar chart showing 55 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	2	2
2004	2	0	2
2005	1	1	2
2006	1	0	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	3	1	4
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	3	4
2013	0	1	1
2014	2	1	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	4	1	5
2017	0	1	1
2018	3	2	5
2019	2	1	3
2020	3	4	7
2021	1	2	3
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	3	3
2025	1	0	1

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Islam JY, Guo Y, Turner K, Tabriz AA, Lin YC, Vidot DC, Vadaparampil ST, Coghill AE, Camacho-Rivera M, Suneja G. Inequities in palliative care delivery to patients with HIV and stage IV cancers in the United States (2004-2020). JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Mar 03; 9(2).

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Langanecha BD, Kesavan S, Schwartz SM, Honjo O, Seed M, Fan CS, Dragulescu A, Taylor KL, Floh AA. Reintervention Before Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt and Intermediate Outcomes in Children with Single Ventricle Who Underwent Main Pulmonary Artery Banding. Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Dec; 44(8):1839-1846.

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Vettese E, Sherani F, King AA, Yu L, Aftandilian C, Baggott C, Agarwal V, Nagasubramanian R, Kelly KM, Freyer DR, Orgel E, Bradfield SM, Kyono W, Roth M, Klesges LM, Beauchemin M, Grimes A, Tomlinson G, Dupuis LL, Sung L. Symptom management care pathway adaptation process and specific adaptation decisions. BMC Cancer. 2023 Apr 17; 23(1):350.

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Lyttle KA, Schenker Y, Kelsey RC, Larbi DA, Ivonye C, Johnson MS, Abdulhay LB, Arnold RM. An Educational Intervention to Enhance Palliative Care Training at HBCUs. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 05; 65(5):418-427.

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Garcia-Alcaraz C, Roesch SC, Calhoun E, Wightman P, Mohan P, Battaglia TA, Cobian Aguilar R, Valverde PA, Wells KJ. Exploring classes of cancer patient navigators and determinants of navigator role retention. Cancer. 2022 07 01; 128 Suppl 13:2590-2600.

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Qui?ones-Avila V, Ortiz-Ortiz KJ, R?os-Motta R, Mar?n-Centeno H, Tortolero-Luna G. Use of palliative radiotherapy among patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer in Puerto Rico. BMC Palliat Care. 2021 Aug 13; 20(1):127.

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de Forcrand C, Flannery M, Cho J, Reddy Pidatala N, Batra R, Booker-Vaughns J, Chan GK, Dunn P, Galvin R, Hopkins E, Isaacs ED, Kizzie-Gillett CL, Maguire M, Navarro M, Rosini D, Vaughan W, Welsh S, Williams P, Young-Brinn A, Grudzen CR. Pragmatic Considerations in Incorporating Stakeholder Engagement Into a Palliative Care Transitions Study. Med Care. 2021 08 01; 59(Suppl 4):S370-S378.

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Bazargan M, Cobb S, Assari S, Kibe LW. Awareness of Palliative Care, Hospice Care, and Advance Directives in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of California Adults. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Jun; 38(6):601-609.

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Bazargan M, Bazargan-Hejazi S. Disparities in Palliative and Hospice Care and Completion of Advance Care Planning and Directives Among Non-Hispanic Blacks: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Jun; 38(6):688-718.

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Barsness JG, Regnier CR, Hook CC, Mueller PS. US medical and surgical society position statements on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: a review. BMC Med Ethics. 2020 11 03; 21(1):111.

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