The ANA joined the American Academy of Neurology and Child Neurology Society in publishing a position paper on March 8 in Neurology titled "New Guidance on Palliative Care for Neurologic Disoders."
The position paper provides new expert guidance on palliative care for patients with stroke, dementia, Parkinson's Disease, and other neurologic disorders. Palliative care includes much more than hospice services, lead author of the new position statement, Lynne P. Taylor, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, and a fellow of the AAN, stated in a press release: "Neurologists provide palliative care to people living with life-altering neurologic illnesses not just at the end of life but throughout the course of a disease, improving their lives with symptom control."
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