Kibel, Shelley M.Cain, Joanna2022-08-232022-08-232015-10-012015-10-29Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Oct;131 Suppl 2:S167-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.06.016. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.06.016">Link to article on publisher's site</a>0020-7292 (Linking)10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.06.01626433676https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/39801According to the WHO definition, “Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and treatment of other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual” [1]. In addition, “Palliative care is required from early in the disease course, can be delivered alongside potentially curative treatment, and continues to include end-of-life or terminal care” [2].en-US<p>© 2015 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. on behalf of International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).</p>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsNeoplasmsObstetrics and GynecologyOncologyPalliative CareWomen's HealthJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3602&amp;context=oapubs&amp;unstamped=1https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/25987779455oapubs/2598