Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Page 63, February 2008

Introduction

Paul W Keeley MB ChB MRCGP HCT is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK. Competing interests: none declared

Simon Noble MBBS MRCP PGCE DipPalMed is Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, the Department of Palliative Medicine, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Wales. Competing interests: none declared

Abstract 

Forty years on from the opening of St Christopher’s Hospice and twenty years after the specialty was formally recognized as a medical specialty, palliative medicine remains as diverse as ever. No longer a terminal care service, the specialty continues to evolve its role into supportive care and the management of non-malignant disease. Future challenges will include ongoing partnership working between the independent and statutory sector, undertaking rigorous research and looking after an increasingly aging population.

Keywords: hospice, palliative, terminal

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PII: S1357-3039(07)00397-0

doi:10.1016/j.mpmed.2007.11.008

Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Page 63, February 2008

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