Published in Medical Academic, this is a write-up post the Specialist Forum webinar held on the 21st of September 2023. A common misconception about palliative care is that it exclusively addresses the final stages of a patient’s life. Dr Dalene van Jaarsveld, a palliative care specialist at the Universitas Academic Hospital (Free State), emphasised that palliative care encompasses the entirety of a patient’s care journey.