Palliative care in advanced liver disease.

In contrast with other major disease groups, mortality from liver disease in the UK has been increasing in recent decades. Patients with liver disease have a symptom burden comparable to those with other life-limiting conditions but, due to a range of factors including uncertain disease trajectory and perceived complexity, provision of high-quality palliative care is sometimes limited for this patient group. There has been growing recognition of this, with work to improve prognostication and advance care planning for patients with chronic liver disease.