Cheng BT, et al. - In view of the association of palliative care (PC) with increased quality of life for individuals with life-limiting illnesses and the growing recognition of the necessity for public advocacy and involvement, researchers investigated patterns of beliefs, sociodemographic differences, and the impact of information source on perceptions of PC. From the 2018 Health Information National Trends Survey, a representative sample of public knowledge on cancer-related information, they obtained data for this analysis. Adults who self-identified as knowledgeable about PC were assessed for the prevalence of perceptions. Overall, automatic thought of death came to 42.5% of the participants when they thought about PC, and PC was equated to hospice care by 31.7% of the participants. PC perceived as incompatible with curative medical therapy by lower proportion: 15.1% assumed PC means giving up, and 14.5% assumed PC needs the discontinuation of other treatments. Variation in these perceptions was observed in relation to age, race, education attainment, income, and marital status.