Palliation is a medical term which basically means to relieve without curing and it is used mostly in relation to terminally ill patients.

Palliation is not about curing but relieving, lessening pain, and we find palliation with hospices and the like.

How can we best help people suffering from terminal illness? And how about their relatives? What is the role of philosophy and religion?

Keynote speakers on palliation take a closer look at these difficult matters.