New clinical guidelines for palliative care published.
Great variability found in statements, definitions of palliative care. Authors determine need for benchmarks, gold standard of care. Core care elements, several distinct domains outlined in report.
D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States