title: Perspectives in palliative care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the evolution of palliative care in the United States and to define the terms palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published articles, textbooks, and reports.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The health care demands that will arise from our aging society will force change in the field of palliative care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses providing care to patients who are living and dying from advanced cancer should apply palliative interventions from diagnosis until death.
authors.affiliation: Adjuvant Therapies, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA. Kkkuebler@aol.com
authors.forename: Kim K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kuebler
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lynn
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Von Rohen
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D005582:Foundations; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States