The document describes a literature search on palliative care for patients with chronic pulmonary diseases. It lists 5 results from searching for articles within the past 5 years on "palliative care" AND "patients" AND terms for chronic pulmonary diseases. It then selects the first two articles from the search results for further review. These include an article on palliative needs for heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from a multicenter registry, and an article on patient-clinician communication about end-of-life care in patients with advanced chronic organ failure over one year.