Palliative care provides patients with access to a multidisciplinary team that can be a great benefit to both the patient and their family that they normally would not have access to.
Who is the Palliative Care team?
Core Team:
- Virginia Hospital Center Palliative Care
- Kaiser Palliative Care
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Social workers
- Chaplains
- Bereavement Counselors
- Volunteers
Supporting Team:
- Bedside RN
- Primary MD and consulting physicians/providers
- Unit Case Managers
- Massage Therapists
- Physical therapists/occupational therapists
- respiratory therapists
- speech therapy
- art therapists
- patient companions
- Pharmacists
- Nutritionists
- Lymphedema specialists