Services
Palliative Medicine
Palliative Medicine Team aims to relieve suffering and enhance quality of life for patients with significant illness and their families.
Who We Are:
Physicians
Registered nurses
Pharmacists
Spiritual care providers
Social workers
Dieticians
How We Help:
The Palliative Medicine Team offers
physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual care through:
- Managing difficult symptoms:
- Pain
- Fatigue
- Nausea
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Shortness of breath
- Loss of appetite
- Constipation/diarrhea
- Confusion/delirium
- Difficulty sleeping
- Emotional and spiritual consultation:
- Coping with illness
- Support for families and loved ones
- Assistance with decision making:
-
Facilitating
communication among health care providers and patients/families
- Assistance with treatment choices
- Assistance with discharge from the hospital
- End-of-life issues
- Information on advanced directives:
- Living will
- Durable power of attorney for health care
- Complementary therapies:
- Massage therapy
- Relaxation/guided imagery
- Pet therapy
- Music therapy
- Healing touch
How To Receive Services from the Palliative Medicine Team:
At the request of your physician and with the approval of patients and their
families, an initial consultation will be conducted to determine the needs
and goals of each individual. A family conference is often scheduled at that
time to openly share information, discuss concerns and set goals for patient
care.
Contact the Palliative Medicine Team:
Consultations are available Monday-Friday, 9am-5 pm
For more information, or to consult the team, contact Anne Zook:
641.422.7951
Pager: 641.421.9720
Email: zooka@mercyhealth.com