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Perspectives in palliative care.

OBJECTIVES
To review the evolution of palliative care in the United States and to define the terms palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care.


DATA SOURCES
Published articles, textbooks, and reports.


CONCLUSION
The health care demands that will arise from our aging society will force change in the field of palliative care.


IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE
Nurses providing care to patients who are living and dying from advanced cancer should apply palliative interventions from diagnosis until death.