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Home > The Beat > Medical Minute: Palliative care
Published on April 01, 2024
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula recently expanded palliative care services to increase access to this important service. Palliative care improves quality of life for patients living with a serious illness and their families by helping to manage symptoms, coordinate care, and understand treatment options.
“Hospice and palliative care are really two different worlds,” says Dr. John Hausdorff, Community Hospital’s Supportive and Palliative Care Medical Director. “The hospice world is where you are done with the medical system. Palliative care is this whole other world before hospice, usually years before.”
While hospice care focuses on end-of-life support, palliative care can be provided with medical treatment to:
Relieve symptoms like pain or discomfort
Manage depression or anxiety caused by an illness
Provide connection to social support and resources
Those suffering from a chronic or life-limiting illness like cancer, lung disease, dementia, or heart failure can significantly benefit from palliative care. “We like to call it an additional layer of support,” Hausdorff says.
Learn more about Community Hospital’s Supportive and Palliative Care services.
Hematology/Oncology, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, and Medical Oncology
John Hausdorff, MD, is medical director the hospice and palliative care programs at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. He graduated from medical school at State University of New York, Brooklyn and completed his residency at Stanford University School of Medicine.
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If you suffer from pain, stress, or other symptoms due to a serious illness, Community Hospital’s palliative medicine experts can help. Talk to your Doctor for a referral, or call (831) 625-4975.
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