ALBUQUERQUE: Many patients nearing the end of their lives are not receiving the care and support they need because of a lack of training for health professionals, including nurses, a new report has warned.
The report highlights the need to end what experts have described as a “diagnosis lottery”, where people with conditions such as heart failure, dementia and multiple sclerosis are less likely to receive good end of life care than those with cancer.
“Palliative care can benefit people with many different illnesses and at different times in those illnesses,” said…