Compassionate Support for Serious Illness
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with serious illness. It focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Our team and our partners include physicians, nurses, social workers and chaplains to address physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
Palliative Care Team
Improving Comfort and Quality of Life
Palliative care teams strive to:
The Palliative Care team aims to improve quality of life for those living with a serious illness by providing compassionate, specialized care provided by medical professionals who are specialized in palliative medicine.
Palliative medicine is a subspecialty of medicine that works with patients, their families, and their specialty medical teams to improve the quality of life for those living with a serious or advanced illness. Over time, these illness can have a greater negative impact on a person’s quality of life.
Our team and partners include physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains, who address the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs.
The Palliative Care team works in conjunction with other teams that may include:
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For more information on Freeman Palliative Care services, please call 417.347.4094.
