Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Care
Neurosurgical conditions range broadly in etiology and acuity, including complications of advanced cancer, functional impairments caused by degenerative spinal disease and other chronic conditions, and sequelae of acute traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries, among others. This article presents a "Top Ten Tips" list, developed by an interdisciplinary group of neurosurgery, neurology, and palliative care (PC) specialists, to help PC clinicians care for patients with serious neurosurgical illness and support decision-making, symptom management, prognostic communication, and caregiver needs.
Authors
- Gregg Alan Robbins-Welty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4516-7368)
- Stephen P. Miranda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6126-3141)
- Adela Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4543-9300)
- Miri Kim
- Erin D’Agostino
- Kyle Zappi
- Joseph Stern
- Diana Wiseman
Institutions
- Grady Memorial Hospital (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (US)
- University of Vermont Medical Center (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Swedish Medical Center (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Palliative Medicine
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10966218261471627
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00