Palliative Care FAQs
Palliative Care Frequently Asked Questions & Answers - click here.Palliative Care FAQ's include:
1. What is palliative care?
2. Is it a medical specialty? Are there "palliative care" doctors and nurses? How would I find one?
3. What kinds of illnesses are treated with palliative care?
4. How is palliative care different from hospice services?
5. Do I have to give up on seeking a cure for my disease?
6. Do I have to give up my familiar physicians and transfer to someone else?
7. I don’t see “palliative care” mentioned in my insurance plan – does that mean I’d have to pay for it?
8. What good will “palliative care” do me if it won't help cure my disease? And anyway, doesn’t regular medical care address pain and distressing symptoms? Why would I need a whole other team of people to take care of all this?
9. When in the course of my illness would I start palliative care? When would it stop?
10. Where can I get palliative care? From any doctor at any hospital or clinic?
2. Is it a medical specialty? Are there "palliative care" doctors and nurses? How would I find one?
3. What kinds of illnesses are treated with palliative care?
4. How is palliative care different from hospice services?
5. Do I have to give up on seeking a cure for my disease?
6. Do I have to give up my familiar physicians and transfer to someone else?
7. I don’t see “palliative care” mentioned in my insurance plan – does that mean I’d have to pay for it?
8. What good will “palliative care” do me if it won't help cure my disease? And anyway, doesn’t regular medical care address pain and distressing symptoms? Why would I need a whole other team of people to take care of all this?
9. When in the course of my illness would I start palliative care? When would it stop?
10. Where can I get palliative care? From any doctor at any hospital or clinic?