What is palliative care?

Palliative care is clinical care that is focused on meeting the holistic needs of a person with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness. For example, a person living with cancer may decide to stop curative treatment such as chemotherapy, whether or not they show signs that they are at the end of their life. Palliative care is not necessarily end-of-life care, though our palliative care team supports patients who are dying.

Please visit our Supportive and Palliative Care page for more information.