A narrative review of clinicians’ perspectives on palliative care for advanced liver disease

A narrative review of clinicians’ perspectives on palliative care for advanced liver disease
Current Hepatology Reports; by Nicholas Hoppmann, Susan Feldman, Aidan Warner; 6/25
Integration of PC [palliative care] services for patients with ALD [advanced liver disease] is complicated by an unpredictable disease course and lack of comprehensive understanding of PC services across healthcare systems. In our current early stage of integration, clinicians’ perspectives highlight two major steps forward on the path to robust PC integration including increasing medical education on PC broadly and within hepatology to dispel misconceptions and provide skills to deliver primary PC as well as increasing collaboration between hepatology and specialty PC tailored to fit individual practice settings.
Assitant editor's note: Perhaps the unpredictability of advanced liver disease is exactly why palliative care could be helpful. This may serve as a fruitful opportunity for PC programs to educate hepatologists.