RESUMO
Palliative care is traditionally associated with cancer and pain relief: however, the range of diseases requiring palliative care is much wider and includes many neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease (PD)). Provision of palliative care to patients with PD and other neurodegenerative diseases, such as multisystem atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, dementia with Lewy bodies, etc. is «terra incognita¼ for many neurologists who are not acknowledged with palliative medicine as well as for specialists in palliative medicine, who are mainly trained in providing care to patients with oncological profile and do not know the intricacies of managing patients in the late stages of PD and other neurodegenerative diseases. The aim of the article is to systematize modern knowledge in the field of palliative medicine and neurodegenerative diseases.
