New Vanderbilt research provides evidence that the addition of palliative care services earlier in the disease process, specifically to patients having surgery for cancer, does not demonstrate benefits to the patients.

Vanderbilt's Palliative Care Unit is celebrating 10 years to patients and families.

“My goal is to make sure our patients have everything they need when they leave the hospital so they can spend their time focusing on what’s important to them.”

“Music opens many new perspectives and pathways that patients otherwise would not have."

She has worked with children varying in age from under 2 years old to teenagers as old as 18.

A new resource at Vanderbilt is helping medical students, residents and even long-standing medical faculty to enhance their palliative care skills.

Five songs providing a snapshot of how the pandemic year felt on the patient care front lines