"Palliative Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D010166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.666 N02.421.585.666
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| Concept/Terms |
Palliative Care- Palliative Care
- Care, Palliative
- Therapy, Palliative
- Palliative Therapy
- Palliative Treatment
- Palliative Treatments
- Treatment, Palliative
- Treatments, Palliative
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Palliative Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Palliative Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palliative Care" by people in Profiles.
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Palliative Care in Rheumatology: Perspectives of Rheumatologists and Palliative Care Clinicians Across the United States. J Rheumatol. 2026 08 01; 53(8):905-913.
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Implementing a Multimodal Palliative Care Curriculum: Impact on Knowledge, Confidence, and Skills. West J Emerg Med. 2026 Jun 28; 27(4):1011-1017.
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Translating Cancer Science Into Cancer Care: Using Serious Illness Communication Frameworks to Deliver High-Quality Person-Centered Care in Neuro-Oncology. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2026 Jun; 46(3):e525426.
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A 360 Degree Qualitative Ethical Assessment of Reporting Patient Reported Outcomes. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2026 Jul; 21(3):220-232.
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The Role of the Physician in Caring for Patients Pursuing VSED: Challenging the Conventional Approach. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 12; 73(12):3844-3848.
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Use and Outcomes of the Medical Hybrid Procedure For Stage 1 Palliation in Infants With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Variants. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 11 04; 14(21):e040740.
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Feasibility of Symptom Burden Assessments and Early Palliative Care Integration in an Adolescent and Young Adult Leukemia Clinic. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2026 Oct; 15(5):378-383.
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The ICU Care Plan: Human-Centered Design of a Tool to Support Time-Limited Trials for Older Adults With Critical Illness. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Dec; 73(12):3747-3756.
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Trends of palliative care utilization for nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage: Analysis of the national inpatient sample. J Clin Neurosci. 2025 Dec; 142:111686.
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Outcomes of palliative porto-mesenteric venous stenting in unresectable pancreatic malignancies. Oncologist. 2025 Sep 01; 30(9).