title: Palliative care: a specialty focused on the relief of suffering of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
authors.forename: Deborah Witt
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D065126:Palliative Medicine; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations