Understanding Palliative Care and Hospice Care
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Understanding Palliative Care and Hospice Care
Published September 9, 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesDiscussing goals of care with patients facing serious illness is essential to ensuring that the care they receive is compassionate and aligns with their goals and wishes. Unfortunately, these conversations don’t happen enough. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that almost 90 percent of U.S. adults felt that talking with their doctors about their preferred[…]
Why Palliative Care Teams are Vital During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published May 27, 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe COVID-19 crisis has shed new light on the critical role of palliative care teams. As hospital-based doctors and nurses deal with new and unanticipated ways of delivering medical care, palliative care clinicians are able to share their unique expertise to support patients, caregivers and providers. In a recent editorial, The Lancet pointed out that[…]