Hospice (Palliative) care patients are those are suffering from a terminal illness. Instead of trying to treat the problem in the hopes that it will go away, the aim of palliative care is to enhance the patients’ quality of life and offer treatments that reduce pain and psychological difficulties. This kind of treatment can begin at any stage in an illness or disease, and it often includes psychiatry and pain and stress-reduction techniques.

Pain management is a wide branch of medical study, and it can include a complete range of different therapies for those suffering from pain. Since pain can come from many parts of the body for different reasons, the solutions will differ greatly. Some doctors will prescribe pain medication to their patients, but in recent years, there has been a push to explore more medication-free pain management options, such as physical therapy, surgery, and even acupuncture and other alternative therapies.