Additional Information
Palliative care can be used in conjunction with any curative care you or your loved one may be receiving. The goal of this supportive type of care is to have you maintain the best quality of life during and after any medical treatments you undergo to eradicate the disease. What that entails will vary depending on your needs, but it will always include addressing you and your family’s physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.
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Please click below to download our free Palliative Care Resource Guide.
Other Suggested Reading Material
That Good Night:
Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour,
by Sunita Puri, MD
Extreme Measures:
Finding a Better Path to the End of Life,
by Jessica Zitter, MD
Being Mortal:
Medicine and What Matters in the End,
by Atul Gawande, MD
Values at the End of Life:
The Logic of Palliative Care,
by Roi Livne
The Conversation:
A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care,
by Angelo Volandes, MD
The Art of Dying Well:
A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life,
by Katy Butler
Living at the End of Life:
A Hospice Nurse Addresses the Most Common Questions,
by Karen Whitley Bell, RN
Life after the Diagnosis:
Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for
Patients and Caregivers,
by Steven Pantilat, MD
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A Beginner’s Guide to the End:
Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death,
by BJ Miller, MD