BMC姑息治療是一份開放獲取的期刊，在臨床、科學、倫理和政策問題上發表原創的同行評審的研究文章，在本地和國際上，關于臨終關懷和姑息治療的所有方面，為垂死病人和那些與慢性疾病相關的嚴重痛苦。

BMC Palliative Care is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the clinical, scientific, ethical and policy issues, local and international, regarding all aspects of hospice and palliative care for the dying and for those with profound suffering related to chronic illness.