title: Why palliative care?
abstract: And so there we have it in a nutshell--palliative care is about caring. Caring for those who are dying and for those who look after them and then grieve their loss. Palliative care has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of neglect and bad management which, until recently, had been the lot of the dying. Perhaps this new specialty may become a guiding beacon leading a profession, somewhat bewitched and side tracked by its own scientific cleverness, back to the road of caring. I sincerely hope that as the specialty gains recognition it does not lose its present identify and fine sense of purpose.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nyman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations