Palliative Care in Neurology

• Other Authors: Voltz, Raymond (Editor), de Visser, Marianne (Editor), Oliver, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; palliative care; symptom control; bereavement; dying; psychological care
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Over the last 50 years palliative care has usually been associated with cancer patients but more recently there has been increased discussion of the role of palliative care for neurological patients. In the past years, neurology has moved from being a purely diagnostic area to a very therapeutically...