Palliative Care for Providers
Whether caring for somebody recently diagnosed with an advanced illness or standing by the bedside of someone living their last moments, providing patient-centered, quality care is fundamental to being a provider.
Palliative care is patient-centered and family-focused care that provides an adult or child of any age with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of a serious illness. It addresses complex symptom management including assistance with the emotional, social and spiritual suffering often associated with serious illness. Palliative care may be offered to patients alongside treatments intended to cure or treat the illness. Or, it may replace those treatments and serve as a transition to hospice services.